Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Recipient Age at Tx		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
1-5 years	Patients	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	2	3	2
	Deaths	-	-	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
	Rate	-	-	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
6-10 years	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	*	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	*	-
11-17 years	Patients	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	2	3	3
	Deaths	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Rate	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-34 years	Patients	537	651	777	875	974	1,003	1,057	1,053	1,012	882
	Deaths	23	28	27	37	23	26	22	23	21	14
	Rate	55.2	54.4	43.6	53.0	29.4	31.0	24.8	27.0	26.1	25.1
35-49 years	Patients	743	1,008	1,407	1,822	2,315	2,787	3,155	3,624	3,862	3,779
	Deaths	40	43	56	69	69	88	101	121	116	84
	Rate	67.6	50.0	48.3	45.4	35.5	36.4	36.3	38.7	35.6	33.0
50-64 years	Patients	50	90	133	201	289	410	556	734	882	1,012
	Deaths	3	6	6	13	14	26	26	33	38	21
	Rate	82.3	83.3	52.6	77.8	56.6	73.1	51.4	51.2	50.0	29.7
65+ years	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	12
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	0.0

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).