Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	616	1,023	1,480	1,915	2,456	2,848	3,260	3,557	3,762	3,708
	Deaths	113	184	239	262	361	431	455	461	492	439
	Rate	331.1	275.6	238.9	187.1	196.9	194.4	180.7	163.8	173.0	196.6
O	Patients	272	442	611	812	1,086	1,244	1,435	1,565	1,637	1,627
	Deaths	48	85	100	115	172	168	202	200	210	201
	Rate	333.2	292.0	241.9	195.1	217.0	171.5	180.7	161.2	168.2	203.8
A	Patients	253	419	619	794	995	1,167	1,329	1,455	1,546	1,506
	Deaths	49	68	101	102	139	195	180	192	201	163
	Rate	343.2	246.5	241.1	176.5	183.8	217.7	177.0	168.1	171.9	178.0
B	Patients	62	116	183	224	271	314	357	396	418	423
	Deaths	14	22	26	30	32	48	55	50	55	61
	Rate	385.9	314.9	208.5	175.9	152.2	192.7	200.9	158.4	174.1	253.9
AB	Patients	28	46	67	85	104	123	139	141	161	152
	Deaths	2	9	12	15	18	20	18	19	26	14
	Rate	109.8	292.6	276.8	241.0	242.5	214.7	165.6	163.1	234.9	154.5
Unknown	Patients	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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).