Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		Year
		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	942	1,744	1,989	2,302	2,449	2,654	2,905	3,358	3,874
	Deaths	15	63	71	86	91	125	98	170	186
	Rate	29.1	76.8	75.0	77.1	69.9	85.0	59.2	88.8	79.4
White	Patients	845	1,579	1,768	2,017	2,133	2,303	2,524	2,880	3,301
	Deaths	12	55	62	73	84	111	73	143	152
	Rate	26.2	74.2	74.1	75.3	74.2	87.8	51.2	86.8	76.3
Black	Patients	88	147	197	256	278	307	332	410	488
	Deaths	3	6	9	10	7	13	24	26	29
	Rate	58.4	83.9	91.8	76.5	47.0	73.6	120.5	113.1	98.1
Asian	Patients	6	13	16	22	25	30	26	32	45
	Deaths	*	2	-	3	-	-	1	-	2
	Rate	*	317.6	-	263.1	-	-	56.4	-	78.3
Other	Patients	3	4	7	7	13	14	23	36	40
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	-	1	-	1	3
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	102.6	-	50.0	103.1
Unknown	Patients	-	1	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).