Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Years Since 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
0-<1	Patients	2,122	2,158	2,282	2,320	2,353	2,318	2,274	2,309	2,166	2,172
	Deaths	296	285	309	267	289	272	268	263	252	200
	Rate	333.6	298.1	319.6	268.3	290.5	266.1	269.9	259.9	292.4	331.3
1-<3	Patients	3,111	3,452	3,484	3,610	3,744	3,838	3,827	3,741	3,718	3,362
	Deaths	155	191	221	243	218	186	211	197	178	148
	Rate	51.6	57.7	66.5	70.7	60.9	50.3	57.7	55.2	51.3	57.2
3-<5	Patients	1,472	2,430	2,761	3,012	3,008	3,114	3,225	3,332	3,238	3,003
	Deaths	58	118	130	126	150	141	150	145	122	101
	Rate	40.6	50.3	48.8	43.3	51.9	47.1	48.5	45.8	40.3	44.8
5+	Patients	2	230	1,301	2,306	3,484	4,539	5,463	6,287	6,921	7,077
	Deaths	*	18	85	143	198	264	354	380	407	367
	Rate	*	82.7	68.7	65.2	59.4	60.8	68.7	64.5	64.5	70.8

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).