Table 5.2

Time to Transplant

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Number of Registrations	16,094	16,545	17,904	18,333	19,065	20,193	20,986	22,262	22,343	23,494
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	82	85	84	84	92	99	106	114	115	107
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	235	250	248	260	269	297	312	339	348	341
	Median TT (Days)	747	794	829	889	939	1,075	1,121	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	721	765	802	858	905	1,033	1,088	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	773	826	854	923	973	1,108	1,153	+	+	+

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have transplanted.

TT = Time to Transplant in days.

This table takes a cohort of waiting list registrations and shows how long it takes for 10%, 25%, and 50%

(the median) of those patients to be transplanted. These tables take the point of view of a patient who has just

been registered on a waiting list and take into account all of the things that can happen to the patient after wait

listing, including receiving a transplant, being removed from the waiting list, and dying.

See Technical Notes for a full discussion of the methods used for this table.