Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	4,199	4,967	6,053	7,187	9,004	10,953	12,902	15,418	18,264	20,380
	Deaths	416	449	483	559	705	808	982	1,183	1,510	1,375
	Rate	377.5	274.6	217.8	189.2	173.1	143.2	133.9	128.5	131.8	101.7
Black	Patients	388	473	598	742	859	1,068	1,209	1,437	1,675	1,917
	Deaths	57	51	69	87	86	119	116	139	180	174
	Rate	561.0	339.9	340.2	328.9	237.3	244.7	191.4	174.9	187.1	151.5
Asian	Patients	176	251	251	254	361	486	589	705	864	957
	Deaths	23	29	30	19	20	37	54	47	57	72
	Rate	543.4	361.8	328.2	158.9	119.8	155.0	167.2	111.6	105.3	114.3
Other	Patients	112	127	154	184	236	246	289	336	406	516
	Deaths	7	7	12	9	23	28	27	18	32	40
	Rate	209.2	144.6	181.3	110.0	222.3	253.5	195.4	94.5	135.1	133.5
Unknown	Patients	67	53	68	59	34	24	16	15	13	13
	Deaths	12	12	8	5	2	1	-	1	-	-
	Rate	429.2	405.0	234.2	122.8	71.9	58.8	-	72.8	-	-

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).