Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Primary Diagnosis		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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis	Patients	3,584	4,704	6,043	7,346	8,745	10,063	11,251	12,559	13,321	13,434
	Deaths	360	382	478	502	584	655	628	662	772	662
	Rate	144.1	107.1	102.4	86.3	83.4	78.9	67.0	64.7	72.9	75.8
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	Patients	1,462	1,798	2,237	2,635	2,994	3,347	3,651	3,878	3,822	3,640
	Deaths	98	82	106	114	114	132	132	123	129	113
	Rate	87.6	55.9	57.5	51.4	44.3	45.1	41.2	36.8	39.9	45.2
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	Patients	488	589	703	854	993	1,122	1,333	1,470	1,641	1,739
	Deaths	70	57	55	61	67	76	92	72	116	98
	Rate	205.5	131.6	99.7	91.1	83.3	82.5	86.8	61.8	95.5	90.7
Biliary Atresia	Patients	777	915	1,078	1,230	1,309	1,445	1,540	1,569	1,550	1,453
	Deaths	47	52	57	58	37	33	45	40	38	20
	Rate	79.7	69.9	64.8	57.1	32.9	26.1	33.9	29.9	28.8	20.9
Metabolic Diseases	Patients	411	521	618	726	846	954	1,054	1,103	1,085	1,068
	Deaths	26	35	32	36	34	42	35	40	26	29
	Rate	83.9	86.3	63.1	59.7	48.2	51.8	38.7	42.6	28.5	40.3
Malignant Neoplasms	Patients	310	322	359	383	421	483	525	559	598	584
	Deaths	72	68	58	51	50	49	43	51	44	47
	Rate	353.8	290.5	219.1	174.6	155.1	130.0	102.6	114.9	93.2	134.1
Other	Patients	232	306	352	412	484	570	683	828	962	1,020
	Deaths	22	22	23	17	31	37	57	67	70	75
	Rate	131.0	95.4	79.7	49.5	77.7	79.1	106.4	108.2	101.8	131.0
Unknown	Patients	1	2	6	8	7	8	15	39	128	179
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	*	*	2	5	4	4
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	268.1	398.4	578.2	781.7

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).