Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Years Since Tx		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
0-<1	Patients	9,649	9,670	10,317	10,556	10,980	11,228	11,564	12,271	12,491	13,257
	Deaths	282	347	315	288	345	299	343	278	313	278
	Rate	62.0	75.1	65.3	59.5	67.4	56.5	63.5	49.8	59.4	59.0
1-<3	Patients	16,119	17,141	17,491	17,898	18,025	18,855	19,651	20,040	20,118	19,079
	Deaths	466	428	431	464	503	505	469	451	435	333
	Rate	30.2	26.0	25.9	27.9	29.4	28.0	25.1	24.1	24.0	24.5
3-<5	Patients	10,871	12,984	13,627	14,006	13,909	14,224	15,023	15,611	15,214	13,866
	Deaths	297	399	384	415	453	435	443	443	393	277
	Rate	28.6	32.3	30.3	31.9	34.6	32.3	31.2	30.9	29.0	28.8
5+	Patients	10,689	14,239	19,221	22,774	25,595	28,049	30,591	32,514	31,705	29,075
	Deaths	134	196	491	776	1,190	1,130	1,188	1,278	1,129	891
	Rate	12.7	14.0	26.7	36.3	50.2	42.9	41.8	43.7	41.0	44.5

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).