Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	6,955	8,822	11,038	13,189	15,357	17,517	19,517	21,383	22,309	22,393
	Deaths	673	675	789	820	890	993	1,008	1,036	1,155	1,023
	Rate	135.2	99.3	90.7	77.0	70.6	67.5	61.4	58.7	64.3	70.1
Non-Resident Alien	Patients	127	168	200	236	267	289	322	326	362	363
	Deaths	11	13	15	10	18	21	15	10	19	14
	Rate	127.7	104.7	97.6	61.2	94.9	95.9	62.5	38.9	71.0	69.0
Unknown	Patients	183	167	158	169	175	186	213	296	436	361
	Deaths	11	10	6	10	9	12	11	14	25	11
	Rate	66.1	62.6	39.9	68.4	59.9	75.6	67.4	75.3	123.3	96.4

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).