Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	1,330	1,749	2,318	2,899	3,580	4,204	4,775	5,419	5,769	5,690
	Deaths	66	77	90	119	106	141	153	178	175	119
	Rate	63.2	53.2	47.6	49.8	35.6	39.0	36.6	38.5	36.2	31.1
O	Patients	616	804	1,086	1,369	1,700	1,985	2,281	2,582	2,725	2,647
	Deaths	32	34	48	50	48	69	78	90	89	59
	Rate	65.8	50.6	54.6	44.2	33.9	40.4	39.1	40.9	38.8	33.3
A	Patients	525	687	881	1,098	1,334	1,594	1,805	2,053	2,200	2,197
	Deaths	26	34	23	46	42	56	52	61	66	46
	Rate	62.9	60.0	31.2	51.0	37.5	41.1	33.0	34.5	35.9	31.2
B	Patients	140	186	251	314	400	457	503	569	606	623
	Deaths	5	7	14	16	13	9	20	17	14	11
	Rate	46.1	45.6	70.8	62.6	39.9	22.3	44.4	35.4	27.6	26.1
AB	Patients	48	71	99	117	145	167	185	215	238	223
	Deaths	3	2	5	7	3	7	2	10	6	3
	Rate	84.8	37.4	64.6	71.6	25.3	47.9	12.2	54.6	31.0	19.8
Unknown	Patients	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-

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).