Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Gender		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
Female	Patients	3,470	4,253	5,299	6,242	7,170	8,112	8,993	9,681	10,047	9,899
	Deaths	331	283	350	364	380	409	430	427	513	444
	Rate	131.2	84.4	82.6	71.3	63.9	59.3	56.5	52.5	62.9	68.4
Male	Patients	3,795	4,904	6,097	7,352	8,629	9,880	11,059	12,324	13,060	13,218
	Deaths	364	415	460	476	537	617	604	633	686	604
	Rate	134.4	111.2	96.4	81.3	76.8	75.4	65.6	63.5	66.7	71.7

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).