Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	7,265	9,157	11,396	13,594	15,799	17,992	20,052	22,005	23,107	23,117
	Deaths	695	698	810	840	917	1,026	1,034	1,060	1,199	1,048
	Rate	132.9	98.5	89.9	76.6	70.9	68.0	61.4	58.6	65.0	70.2
O	Patients	3,133	3,933	4,875	5,859	6,778	7,670	8,488	9,338	9,785	9,712
	Deaths	297	331	345	356	393	453	441	442	532	453
	Rate	131.9	108.7	89.6	75.7	70.9	70.6	61.6	57.9	68.4	72.4
A	Patients	2,966	3,738	4,679	5,536	6,448	7,410	8,269	9,021	9,460	9,483
	Deaths	279	257	334	343	355	405	420	452	462	416
	Rate	129.6	88.5	90.3	76.1	66.7	65.0	60.4	60.3	60.9	67.5
B	Patients	853	1,094	1,365	1,620	1,876	2,116	2,378	2,655	2,788	2,839
	Deaths	81	84	102	112	124	124	116	131	153	142
	Rate	132.4	100.3	95.5	86.9	81.9	69.8	59.0	61.1	69.0	78.8
AB	Patients	310	391	475	577	695	794	915	988	1,071	1,081
	Deaths	37	26	29	29	45	44	57	35	52	37
	Rate	175.9	87.8	74.7	62.4	81.1	67.2	77.0	42.6	61.1	52.9
Unknown	Patients	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
	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).