Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		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
Female	Patients	18,669	21,472	24,203	26,090	27,296	29,002	30,891	32,540	32,247	30,661
	Deaths	427	517	583	725	871	847	940	960	827	659
	Rate	26.5	27.5	27.8	32.5	36.8	33.4	35.0	35.0	31.5	33.5
Male	Patients	28,659	32,562	36,453	39,144	41,213	43,354	45,938	47,896	47,281	44,616
	Deaths	752	853	1,038	1,218	1,620	1,522	1,503	1,490	1,443	1,120
	Rate	30.4	29.8	32.9	36.3	45.8	40.3	37.8	36.9	37.6	39.6

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).