Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	4,942	5,871	7,124	8,426	10,494	12,777	15,005	17,911	21,222	23,783
	Deaths	515	548	602	679	836	993	1,179	1,388	1,779	1,661
	Rate	393.9	282.0	230.5	196.2	176.6	152.9	140.1	130.6	134.7	106.4
O	Patients	2,290	2,789	3,371	4,024	5,104	6,256	7,382	8,850	10,462	11,697
	Deaths	257	278	302	337	441	513	622	736	894	857
	Rate	386.0	275.5	227.8	189.5	179.7	150.5	143.2	134.5	132.2	107.1
A	Patients	1,840	2,157	2,642	3,058	3,738	4,637	5,390	6,394	7,586	8,598
	Deaths	160	186	195	230	258	331	373	475	625	558
	Rate	366.9	282.6	217.9	198.3	163.6	150.2	127.2	128.8	136.2	102.3
B	Patients	620	714	864	1,038	1,275	1,429	1,709	2,073	2,487	2,762
	Deaths	73	75	84	99	108	116	144	135	207	191
	Rate	432.0	331.6	262.0	236.3	193.4	170.1	160.2	115.4	138.8	109.9
AB	Patients	192	211	247	306	377	455	524	594	687	726
	Deaths	25	9	21	13	29	33	40	42	53	55
	Rate	684.5	181.2	297.2	124.3	199.5	165.6	165.4	141.2	143.9	131.6

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2001.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes chapter for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = Values suppressed due to small N (0 to 9).