Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		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
Female	Patients	672	957	1,188	1,459	1,752	1,962	2,259	2,568	2,891	3,007
	Deaths	67	131	122	152	162	199	239	271	324	261
	Rate	232.2	279.9	196.0	186.7	162.2	165.4	170.9	160.7	164.8	123.7
Male	Patients	539	805	1,010	1,187	1,431	1,597	1,789	1,978	2,166	2,276
	Deaths	70	99	135	138	183	195	180	234	272	219
	Rate	336.6	265.9	281.7	222.4	235.5	219.0	173.9	196.9	196.1	149.0

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).