Table 5.2

Time to Transplant

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Previous Any Organ Tx 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 + + +
No Number of Registrations 13,369 13,652 14,850 15,286 16,135 17,027 17,532 18,737 18,556 19,424
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 83 82 83 89 98 103 114 116 107
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 217 237 232 244 255 281 297 330 336 328
Median TT (Days) 655 706 746 809 844 983 1,033 1,182 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 632 680 717 784 809 952 999 1,131 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 680 739 774 837 881 1,021 1,071 1,261 + +
Yes Number of Registrations 2,725 2,893 3,054 3,047 2,930 3,166 3,454 3,525 3,787 4,070
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 108 93 107 94 111 104 129 114 112 106
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 399 371 414 414 404 427 426 414 428 430
Median TT (Days) 1,604 1,661 1,591 1,531 1,736 1,792 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,452 1,491 1,459 1,433 1,552 1,622 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,798 1,911 1,777 1,688 1,928 + + + + +

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.