Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		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
Female	Patients	2,368	2,742	3,287	3,780	4,729	5,598	6,451	7,528	8,867	9,899
	Deaths	269	270	263	315	356	419	487	591	725	654
	Rate	399.0	284.6	206.6	195.3	161.5	143.0	132.1	129.4	128.8	98.5
Male	Patients	2,574	3,129	3,837	4,646	5,765	7,179	8,554	10,383	12,355	13,884
	Deaths	246	278	339	364	480	574	692	797	1,054	1,007
	Rate	388.4	279.6	253.2	196.9	189.7	161.1	146.3	131.5	139.0	112.2

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).