Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	1,329	1,748	2,316	2,898	3,579	4,202	4,757	5,385	5,722	5,615
	Deaths	66	77	89	119	106	140	149	175	174	117
	Rate	63.2	53.3	47.1	49.9	35.6	38.7	35.7	37.9	36.1	30.7
On Life Support	Patients	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	4	6	6
	Deaths	-	-	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
	Rate	-	-	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	1	1	1	1	1	1	16	30	41	69
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	*	*	3	2	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	856.1	251.6	0.0	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).