Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Years Since 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
0-<1	Patients	2,901	2,987	3,371	3,552	3,826	3,914	4,012	4,362	4,590	4,794
	Deaths	453	423	456	401	434	471	423	436	473	407
	Rate	412.1	363.4	340.3	281.5	278.8	293.6	256.1	244.3	282.0	258.0
1-<3	Patients	3,247	3,866	4,235	4,673	5,135	5,591	5,876	5,946	6,135	5,885
	Deaths	209	222	237	251	259	282	304	274	302	247
	Rate	68.5	60.4	59.1	57.4	53.7	53.2	55.3	50.0	55.2	57.1
3-<5	Patients	1,115	2,155	2,787	3,322	3,552	3,862	4,283	4,625	4,539	4,196
	Deaths	33	49	84	116	130	116	120	122	142	111
	Rate	30.6	23.3	31.2	36.3	38.2	31.2	29.3	28.4	34.3	36.3
5+	Patients	2	149	1,003	2,047	3,286	4,625	5,881	7,072	7,843	8,242
	Deaths	*	4	33	72	94	157	187	228	282	283
	Rate	*	27.5	34.2	36.5	29.8	35.2	33.6	34.9	39.4	47.5

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).