Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	5,990	7,363	8,703	9,918	11,078	12,087	12,973	13,730	13,972	13,564
	Deaths	443	533	637	647	727	691	817	824	813	697
	Rate	92.7	87.2	87.3	76.5	76.2	65.1	72.0	68.6	67.9	75.0
Black	Patients	592	745	923	1,094	1,240	1,413	1,480	1,587	1,702	1,678
	Deaths	60	67	91	100	116	152	148	138	124	110
	Rate	135.2	113.2	124.7	113.0	112.8	129.9	117.4	103.6	89.1	99.9
Asian	Patients	69	96	118	132	150	171	185	191	207	197
	Deaths	4	7	9	18	5	12	10	13	16	6
	Rate	73.8	94.0	94.5	167.7	40.3	82.9	64.3	79.0	99.1	49.9
Other	Patients	41	51	68	88	107	126	139	147	151	167
	Deaths	1	4	6	11	5	7	8	7	6	3
	Rate	34.0	101.9	116.8	169.2	55.9	64.6	66.6	56.4	46.2	27.6
Unknown	Patients	15	15	16	16	14	12	12	14	11	8
	Deaths	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	0	*
	Rate	150.2	75.2	145.7	249.5	156.1	90.6	0.0	256.1	0.0	*

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).