Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	18,657	20,252	22,055	23,505	25,454	27,233	29,244	31,612	33,593	35,265
	Deaths	715	761	884	927	1,034	1,208	1,311	1,529	2,010	1,694
	Rate	63.0	60.2	62.3	60.8	61.7	65.3	65.0	69.6	84.9	66.8
Black	Patients	8,501	9,608	11,014	12,324	13,694	15,126	16,579	18,004	19,454	20,956
	Deaths	263	295	393	409	451	577	652	745	998	946
	Rate	45.4	44.1	50.5	46.2	45.2	50.7	51.5	53.7	65.5	56.9
Asian	Patients	1,153	1,328	1,502	1,723	1,915	2,217	2,569	2,852	3,125	3,429
	Deaths	22	19	37	40	40	43	55	101	133	108
	Rate	27.0	20.7	33.9	33.0	28.2	25.5	28.1	45.8	55.2	40.2
Other	Patients	469	493	606	730	825	903	1,014	1,124	1,207	1,434
	Deaths	12	15	23	24	20	27	35	52	56	58
	Rate	39.3	46.6	54.6	48.1	35.0	41.0	46.7	62.5	61.9	54.0
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	-

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).