Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	6,707	8,270	9,828	11,248	12,589	13,809	14,789	15,669	16,043	15,614
	Deaths	510	612	745	779	855	863	983	985	959	816
	Rate	95.9	89.6	91.0	81.7	79.2	71.6	76.2	72.2	70.1	76.8
Female	Patients	1,414	1,759	2,076	2,415	2,767	3,035	3,342	3,618	3,773	3,754
	Deaths	129	147	181	156	212	183	233	230	210	200
	Rate	118.8	103.7	106.5	76.7	90.3	69.5	80.4	73.6	65.7	79.1
Male	Patients	5,293	6,511	7,751	8,833	9,822	10,774	11,447	12,051	12,270	11,860
	Deaths	381	465	564	623	643	680	750	755	749	616
	Rate	90.0	85.9	86.9	83.1	76.1	72.2	75.0	71.8	71.5	76.1
Unknown	Patients	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2001.

The sample includes patients with a new or functioning transplant at any time during the year. The period at risk begins on the later of January 1 or the transplant date and ends on the earlier of December 31, the date of death, or the last date of follow-up. Please see Technical Notes chapter for further details about computation of death rates.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = Values suppressed due to small N (0 to 9).