Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Technical Notes and Analytic Methods
U.S. OPOs: Donors Procured and Transplant Centers in the Service Area

Table 5.1shows the number of cadaveric donors procured by year for each OPO by year. Table 5.2 lists all the transplant centers within each OPO's current CMS (formerly HCFA)-designated service area, by the OPO's home state. Transplant centers in some states are served by OPOs in other states; in such cases, the reader is referred to an alternate home state indicated in the table.

OPO and transplant center data were obtained from the CMS-designated service areas as reported to the OPTN as of August 1, 2001. Data are subject to change based on future data submission or correction.
A recovered cadaveric donor is one from whom at least one vascularized, solid organ (kidney, pancreas, liver, intestine, heart, or lung) was recovered for the purposes of organ transplantation. Cadavers from which only heart valves and/or pancreas islet cells were recovered are not included.

The OPOs included in Table 5.1 and Table 5.2 reflect those that were operational during 1991 to 2000 and the centers that they served as of August 1, 2001. OPOs operating during only a portion of this time period will reflect "-" donors recovered for years during which they were not functioning. Donor comparisons across years may be difficult, as donors from one or more previously operational organizations have been incorporated into the OPO currently serving their area and because OPO service areas change over time.