Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Race		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
White	Patients	6,347	7,971	9,915	11,859	13,814	15,722	17,509	19,198	20,139	20,170
	Deaths	593	590	671	714	781	871	876	924	1,034	908
	Rate	129.1	95.2	85.2	74.3	68.8	65.8	59.3	58.2	64.1	69.4
Black	Patients	551	688	881	1,064	1,204	1,403	1,556	1,762	1,847	1,837
	Deaths	56	60	72	82	87	100	99	100	115	102
	Rate	142.7	114.8	106.3	98.7	89.6	88.0	77.3	71.8	79.2	88.5
Asian	Patients	155	237	282	312	391	462	560	614	669	663
	Deaths	25	29	44	28	26	28	37	25	26	23
	Rate	250.6	180.3	210.5	115.1	86.0	74.5	84.1	52.2	51.9	56.3
Other	Patients	153	205	249	289	323	348	372	385	411	419
	Deaths	12	15	16	13	19	27	21	11	23	15
	Rate	115.6	99.1	84.0	60.6	77.6	96.6	71.4	36.0	74.0	60.5
Unknown	Patients	59	56	69	70	67	57	55	46	41	28
	Deaths	9	4	7	3	4	0	1	0	1	0
	Rate	227.9	81.4	133.8	48.0	66.2	0.0	20.7	0.0	27.8	0.0

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).