Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	27,506	32,687	37,897	41,475	44,848	48,592	52,382	55,561	55,625	53,448
	Deaths	747	916	1,009	1,109	1,456	1,445	1,584	1,607	1,520	1,249
	Rate	32.7	32.7	31.4	31.4	37.7	34.1	34.8	34.2	33.5	36.5
Black	Patients	7,253	8,682	10,071	11,180	11,780	12,849	14,130	15,141	15,228	14,403
	Deaths	225	263	310	370	442	486	490	496	474	370
	Rate	38.0	36.3	37.3	41.4	45.4	44.9	41.2	40.0	39.9	41.7
Asian	Patients	1,016	1,283	1,514	1,760	1,941	2,179	2,446	2,697	2,761	2,724
	Deaths	25	24	33	35	44	39	48	57	57	40
	Rate	29.9	22.2	26.0	24.0	26.5	20.8	23.0	25.5	25.7	22.5
Other	Patients	610	695	789	902	1,005	1,091	1,162	1,251	1,273	1,244
	Deaths	16	21	20	24	35	35	26	30	32	23
	Rate	31.8	36.0	30.2	33.3	41.9	37.4	25.9	28.8	31.8	30.3
Unknown	Patients	10,943	10,687	10,385	9,917	8,935	7,645	6,709	5,786	4,641	3,458
	Deaths	166	146	249	405	514	364	295	260	187	97
	Rate	15.4	13.9	24.5	42.9	62.4	50.9	47.4	49.8	46.3	41.3

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).