Welcome to the 2010 OPTN / SRTR Annual Report: Transplant Data 2000-2009

The U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients


Ten years of transplant data are analyzed and explained by more than 40 experts in transplantation. Read the Chapters now.

The Health Resources and Services Administration's Division of Transplantation administers and oversees two contracts to facilitate the nation's allocation system for organ transplantation. The OPTN, contracted by the United Network for Organ Sharing, is responsible for operating the national network for organ procurement and allocation, and works to promote organ donation. The SRTR, contracted by the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation and fulfilled by its Chronic Disease Research Group, provides analytical support for the ongoing evaluation of scientific and clinical status of solid organ transplantation.

Key chapter contributors and other personnel associated with the OPTN/SRTR 2010 Annual Report are listed here.

Contents of the Annual Report

More than 400 figures and tables of comprehensive transplant data showing recent activity and multi-year trends
Chapters focusing on kidney, pancreas, liver, intestine, heart, and lung transplant
Organ-specific data on waiting lists, donation, transplant, donor-recipient matching, immunosuppression, pediatric transplant, and center characteristics
Chapters on deceased organ donation and allocation policies
Three appendices

Annual Report Online

The current report's contents are available by navigation of the menus at the top of this page.
Download the entire 2010 Annual Report (Win-Zip file - 55.5 MB)
Chapters, slides, and data can also be downloaded.
Previous annual reports for each year since 2003 are available in the Annual Report Archives.

This Annual Report is a publication of the Department of Health and Human Services. It was developed by contract for the Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation. The OPTN contract requires production and dissemination of this report; the SRTR contract requires coordination of the descriptive chapters and data-related sections of this report.

This is a U.S. government-sponsored work. There are no restrictions on its use.

Citing the Annual Report

Full citation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). OPTN / SRTR 2010 Annual Data Report. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation; 2011. To specify a page number, add it at the end of the citation as follows (for example): …2011:96.

Or, provide the URL for the webpage cited and the access date: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). OPTN / SRTR 2010 Annual Data Report. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation; 2011. Available at [insert URL here]. Accessed [insert date here].

Abbreviated citation: OPTN / SRTR 2010 Annual Data Report. HHS/HRSA/HSB/DOT.

Publications based on data in this report or supplied on request must include a citation and the following statement: The data and analyses reported in the 2010 Annual Data Report of the US Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients have been supplied by UNOS and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation under contract with HHS/HRSA. The authors alone are responsible for reporting and interpreting these data; the views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the US Government.


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Find national graft and recipient survival rates for all organs from 1998 to 2008. View graft and patient survival data now.


Survival and time to transplant are among the outcomes available for all wait-listed patients. View waiting list outcomes now.


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