Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Residency		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	47,328	54,034	60,656	65,234	68,509	72,356	76,829	80,436	79,528	75,277
	Deaths	1,179	1,370	1,621	1,943	2,491	2,369	2,443	2,450	2,270	1,779
	Rate	28.8	28.9	30.8	34.8	42.2	37.5	36.6	36.1	35.2	37.1
U.S. Resident	Patients	31,952	39,025	46,107	51,391	55,919	61,284	66,887	71,649	72,245	69,263
	Deaths	945	1,172	1,306	1,484	1,889	1,926	2,043	2,093	2,003	1,606
	Rate	36.5	35.8	34.0	34.7	39.8	36.5	35.5	34.8	34.3	36.4
Non-Resident Alien	Patients	162	185	200	210	239	284	324	352	353	353
	Deaths	2	1	6	2	6	4	3	1	6	8
	Rate	16.2	7.2	40.9	13.0	34.3	19.2	12.3	3.8	23.2	41.1
Unknown	Patients	15,214	14,824	14,349	13,633	12,351	10,788	9,618	8,435	6,930	5,661
	Deaths	232	197	309	457	596	439	397	356	261	165
	Rate	15.6	13.5	22.2	35.3	52.0	43.6	44.9	47.7	44.9	46.1

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).