Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Hospitalized at Tx		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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	3,154	3,855	4,453	4,974	5,349	5,651	5,817	5,891	6,010	5,926
	Deaths	201	266	314	316	313	328	343	353	373	295
	Rate	79.1	82.4	83.0	73.3	66.2	65.1	66.1	67.1	72.9	74.5
Hospitalized	Patients	597	711	772	864	960	1,081	1,185	1,383	1,619	1,755
	Deaths	42	57	57	55	68	70	79	98	111	99
	Rate	85.5	94.4	85.0	74.7	82.2	75.0	77.1	86.0	86.7	86.9
In Intensive Care	Patients	2,947	3,697	4,595	5,391	6,223	6,936	7,594	8,117	7,928	7,381
	Deaths	266	289	374	405	463	452	542	507	461	408
	Rate	116.7	96.6	100.3	90.4	88.8	75.4	82.7	71.9	66.2	77.9
Unknown	Patients	9	7	8	19	57	141	193	278	486	552
	Deaths	*	*	*	3	11	13	19	27	14	14
	Rate	*	*	*	335.7	444.0	150.9	140.7	144.0	45.3	48.8

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).