2004 Biennial Report of the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry

The National Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s (Registry) biennial report provides a comprehensive overview of the federally authorized Registry of volunteer unrelated donors managed by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).

Read the 298-page report online using the PDF files below or order a printed copy of the report.

Report Contents:

• A table of contents, detailed statistics about the Registry's contractor (the NMDP) and a description of the Registry's history, NMDP operations, and ongoing projects — Section 1 (294 KB PDF)
• Charts and tables showing the percentage of patients at the different stages in the search for a matching donor, plus demographic data about the donors and cord blood units on the Registry — Section 2 (204 KB PDF)
• Charts and tables displaying data about the medical effects of donating cells, including possible side effects a donor may experience. This section also includes survival rates of recipients (patients receiving a transplant) — Section 3 (644 KB PDF).
• Registry data about the racial and ethnic backgrounds of potential donors recruited by each NMDP donor center and of the marrow and PBSC donations coordinated by each donor center — Section 4, part 1 (154 KB PDF).
• Peripheral blood stem cell donation data from each NMDP apheresis center — Section 4, part 2 (119 KB PDF).
• Marrow donation data from each NMDP collection center — Section 4, part 3 (119 KB PDF).
• The number of searches and transplants done through each NMDP transplant center — Section 4, part 4 (155 KB PDF).
• Glossary of terms used in the biennial report — Glossary (34 KB PDF).