Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	1,267	1,656	2,182	2,706	3,309	3,851	4,351	4,934	5,224	5,141
	Deaths	62	73	87	109	98	130	139	167	164	107
	Rate	62.2	53.0	48.8	48.7	35.4	39.0	36.3	39.6	37.4	31.0
Black	Patients	56	83	117	166	241	313	375	431	481	485
	Deaths	3	4	3	8	7	10	12	10	11	11
	Rate	70.6	63.2	32.0	63.3	38.6	39.2	38.5	27.7	28.3	34.4
Asian	Patients	4	5	7	12	16	24	31	34	39	35
	Deaths	*	*	*	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	0.0	75.6	58.7	40.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other	Patients	1	3	5	8	8	10	12	15	21	25
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	1	0	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	0.0	0.0	83.1	0.0	63.8
Unknown	Patients	2	2	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	4
	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).