Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Age This Year		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
<1 year	Patients	3	-	7	5	2	1	2	3	6	3
	Deaths	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Rate	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 years	Patients	112	132	128	111	130	143	136	129	124	131
	Deaths	4	2	3	6	3	6	3	8	3	5
	Rate	73.5	30.3	52.4	104.0	45.5	81.0	46.0	125.4	48.7	81.1
6-10 years	Patients	176	170	185	165	176	179	205	196	177	187
	Deaths	3	2	2	1	3	-	-	4	2	7
	Rate	33.5	22.0	18.0	11.2	32.6	-	-	35.2	20.5	71.2
11-17 years	Patients	602	654	637	599	617	644	627	679	688	653
	Deaths	9	8	8	8	9	6	9	8	15	6
	Rate	24.2	19.9	19.5	21.8	26.9	16.5	24.4	19.5	38.6	15.6
18-34 years	Patients	7,434	7,809	8,200	8,399	8,557	8,694	8,975	9,144	9,341	9,203
	Deaths	164	186	194	186	179	209	200	223	259	213
	Rate	34.5	36.6	35.1	32.4	30.1	33.5	30.9	33.3	37.4	30.3
35-49 years	Patients	11,502	12,644	13,979	15,160	16,558	17,507	18,459	19,319	19,751	20,396
	Deaths	400	420	568	514	572	667	680	756	940	763
	Rate	53.9	50.3	59.9	49.7	49.7	52.8	50.4	52.9	63.4	49.2
50-64 years	Patients	7,595	8,579	10,044	11,413	12,899	14,744	16,789	19,051	21,303	23,463
	Deaths	342	385	447	536	598	715	854	1,073	1,408	1,292
	Rate	72.0	69.5	67.6	70.2	67.5	68.9	70.8	78.2	90.1	73.9
65+ years	Patients	1,332	1,690	1,996	2,428	2,949	3,567	4,216	5,072	5,989	7,048
	Deaths	84	87	115	149	181	252	307	355	570	520
	Rate	102.6	83.6	90.2	96.4	93.7	102.6	103.2	98.9	133.0	101.0
Unknown	Patients	24	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	6	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	743.9	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-

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).