Table 5.2

Time to Transplant

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Residency		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	+	+	+
U.S. Resident	Number of Registrations	15,160	16,330	17,717	18,081	18,796	19,935	20,792	22,049	22,159	23,263
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	81	85	85	85	92	100	106	114	115	107
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	232	248	248	260	269	296	310	337	348	339
	Median TT (Days)	707	785	828	886	938	1,072	1,118	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	681	757	802	855	904	1,031	1,082	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	734	816	854	921	972	1,106	1,147	+	+	+
Nonresident Alien	Number of Registrations	103	99	152	183	185	185	169	203	167	152
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	71	148	57	73	68	71	134	151	104	186
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	276	387	235	211	275	383	619	584	367	462
	Median TT (Days)	894	969	711	1,084	1,030	1,292	1,289	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	604	678	538	756	735	1,046	1,130	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	1,422	1,351	958	1,527	1,637	+	+	+	+	+
Unknown	Number of Registrations	831	116	35	69	84	73	25	10	17	79
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	108	24	358	37	52	33	93	202	181	116
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	2,256	2,494	1,891	160	321	118	812	+	+	+
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	+	1,131	769	907	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	+	714	506	569	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

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.