Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Hospitalized at Tx		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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	3,684	4,847	6,349	7,724	8,982	10,215	11,149	12,535	13,379	13,673
	Deaths	259	274	335	352	362	450	469	496	617	528
	Rate	98.0	72.5	66.6	55.5	48.0	51.3	48.6	47.7	56.6	57.1
Hospitalized	Patients	1,625	2,041	2,460	2,918	3,527	4,161	4,807	4,829	4,567	4,120
	Deaths	146	153	196	194	246	297	274	258	223	189
	Rate	118.9	95.4	100.1	83.9	88.5	88.5	70.0	62.4	57.6	67.9
In Intensive Care	Patients	1,952	2,266	2,576	2,935	3,261	3,558	3,966	4,266	4,409	4,387
	Deaths	290	271	277	292	305	276	283	282	337	314
	Rate	213.9	159.8	137.4	127.0	117.1	94.5	88.4	83.1	98.0	115.5
Unknown	Patients	4	3	11	17	29	58	130	375	752	937
	Deaths	*	*	2	2	4	3	8	24	22	17
	Rate	*	*	437.2	180.5	223.5	90.5	128.7	144.7	98.5	94.9

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).