Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	385	516	623	869	1,229	1,357	1,661	2,053	2,366	2,915
	Deaths	37	39	44	66	129	104	132	168	166	209
	Rate	403.1	240.7	182.5	200.3	239.1	145.0	142.3	138.9	110.0	112.9
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	1,606	2,506	3,295	5,531	8,157	10,488	12,531	14,896	17,434	19,552
	Deaths	13	33	42	345	634	833	1,002	1,176	1,493	1,379
	Rate	30.9	42.1	37.9	187.9	194.3	165.9	147.0	135.1	139.0	108.4
Unknown	Patients	2,951	2,849	3,206	2,026	1,108	932	813	962	1,422	1,316
	Deaths	465	476	516	268	73	56	45	44	120	73
	Rate	584.7	477.7	408.6	206.8	78.4	74.0	66.8	61.4	125.2	69.6

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).