Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		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
Female	Patients	335	551	812	1,044	1,331	1,498	1,727	1,846	1,928	1,867
	Deaths	59	84	123	123	202	206	225	234	264	204
	Rate	317.1	227.6	224.1	159.3	201.6	171.9	167.1	158.7	181.7	177.6
Male	Patients	280	472	668	871	1,125	1,350	1,533	1,711	1,834	1,841
	Deaths	54	100	116	139	159	225	230	227	228	235
	Rate	347.9	335.0	257.0	221.3	191.3	220.9	196.4	169.4	163.9	216.7
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).