Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	1,211	1,762	2,198	2,646	3,183	3,559	4,048	4,546	5,057	5,283
	Deaths	137	230	257	290	345	394	419	505	596	480
	Rate	275.9	273.7	233.3	202.1	194.3	188.2	172.1	175.7	177.8	134.1
O	Patients	574	784	1,001	1,254	1,526	1,710	1,921	2,161	2,411	2,528
	Deaths	72	101	117	145	167	189	217	252	305	255
	Rate	291.6	260.7	224.4	207.7	194.6	185.8	183.2	180.4	188.1	148.3
A	Patients	472	713	874	1,024	1,214	1,360	1,568	1,731	1,884	1,950
	Deaths	52	86	100	112	133	145	146	193	212	155
	Rate	283.8	260.6	228.0	204.5	200.1	184.9	159.8	178.7	172.5	118.3
B	Patients	122	198	232	262	318	355	416	490	565	589
	Deaths	12	30	28	26	35	43	43	46	61	54
	Rate	238.1	325.9	273.4	195.1	187.8	193.4	167.4	155.0	163.5	135.9
AB	Patients	43	67	91	106	125	134	143	164	197	216
	Deaths	1	13	12	7	10	17	13	14	18	16
	Rate	62.6	419.6	305.1	125.8	150.0	242.3	164.0	139.3	138.8	104.9

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

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes chapter for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

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