Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	28,780	31,681	35,177	38,282	41,888	45,479	49,409	53,593	57,379	61,084
	Deaths	1,012	1,090	1,337	1,400	1,545	1,855	2,053	2,427	3,197	2,806
	Rate	55.4	53.0	56.9	54.3	53.7	57.5	57.7	62.4	75.7	61.4
O	Patients	14,738	16,141	17,780	19,328	20,986	22,900	25,034	27,277	29,122	31,205
	Deaths	538	575	692	708	805	939	1,072	1,294	1,634	1,472
	Rate	54.9	52.9	56.1	52.8	54.2	56.1	57.9	63.6	73.9	61.3
A	Patients	8,737	9,645	10,860	11,802	12,922	13,970	14,951	16,054	17,276	18,256
	Deaths	284	318	384	433	432	582	586	663	913	827
	Rate	58.0	56.1	58.3	59.3	52.6	63.8	58.5	61.1	77.0	64.9
B	Patients	4,459	4,941	5,504	5,990	6,725	7,275	7,978	8,665	9,220	9,802
	Deaths	170	170	229	217	264	288	337	401	545	437
	Rate	54.0	48.0	57.3	49.0	53.0	51.2	54.5	59.8	76.1	56.1
AB	Patients	846	954	1,033	1,162	1,255	1,334	1,446	1,597	1,761	1,821
	Deaths	20	27	32	42	44	46	58	69	105	70
	Rate	47.6	56.0	56.7	65.8	63.6	61.3	67.7	70.4	96.0	60.3

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).