Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Level of HLA Mismatch		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
0	Patients	10	13	21	28	39	47	62	106	142	162
	Deaths	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	7	5
	Rate	0.0	0.0	60.2	46.1	33.6	50.6	0.0	40.4	63.9	48.0
1	Patients	20	25	29	44	53	59	67	71	79	76
	Deaths	1	3	1	2	1	3	4	4	2	1
	Rate	64.4	150.5	41.3	55.4	21.6	55.3	69.7	66.2	31.3	18.9
2	Patients	85	117	174	215	260	296	317	332	329	326
	Deaths	1	4	3	10	10	11	7	11	8	6
	Rate	14.8	40.5	21.5	54.8	46.0	42.2	24.7	36.5	27.5	27.1
3	Patients	237	306	429	526	647	756	844	936	973	949
	Deaths	12	15	22	27	23	21	21	36	24	23
	Rate	66.1	58.4	64.5	62.9	44.1	32.1	27.8	44.3	28.7	35.3
4	Patients	389	506	681	883	1,094	1,270	1,434	1,619	1,713	1,648
	Deaths	22	22	25	24	39	42	43	50	53	32
	Rate	71.3	52.8	45.0	33.2	42.4	37.9	34.0	36.1	37.1	28.6
5	Patients	398	531	652	809	1,000	1,170	1,356	1,558	1,656	1,678
	Deaths	24	25	24	37	24	37	51	49	52	37
	Rate	76.2	57.9	44.0	55.9	29.0	36.9	43.6	37.3	37.5	33.3
6	Patients	178	237	314	373	462	573	649	747	823	811
	Deaths	6	7	13	16	7	23	23	23	28	15
	Rate	43.4	35.4	51.0	51.0	17.8	48.7	40.9	36.1	41.6	27.9
Unknown	Patients	13	14	18	21	25	33	46	50	54	40
	Deaths	0	1	1	2	1	2	4	2	1	0
	Rate	0.0	77.9	72.8	110.3	49.4	71.4	107.7	47.4	23.8	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).