Table 6.2

Time to Transplant

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Number of Registrations 123 119 116 148 185 217 214 261 325 291
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 76 44 19 20 22 19 10 31 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 85 211 123 131 91 82 65 62 121 59
Median TT (Days) 881 771 534 346 487 239 219 343 + 501
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 498 477 335 311 280 180 158 244 + 211
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,069 584 639 370 306 624 + +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 0 1 1 1 1 6 3 4 13 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 583 1 + 72 1 1 1 1 1
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 583 1 + 72 51 1 1 5 1
Median TT (Days) + 583 1 + 72 66 219 239 143 191
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 51 1 1 5 7
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 6 2 0 3 7 4 1 1 9 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Median TT (Days) + 1 + 1 1 + 1 1 2 1
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1 + 1 1 + + + 1 1
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 40
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 126 77 141 15 + 1 + 270
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 126 77 141 15 + 1 + 270
Median TT (Days) + + 126 77 141 15 + 1 + 270
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 77 141 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 7 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 4 4
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 + 2 374 171 4 308 904 288 219
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 + 2 374 171 4 308 904 288 219
Median TT (Days) + + 123 374 226 64 308 904 467 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 2 374 171 4 308 904 288 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 46 50 41 50 63 59 55 79 68 56
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 55 55 19 14 29 11 13 38 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 153 154 140 128 90 87 82 62 160 50
Median TT (Days) 1,059 642 534 313 496 298 354 364 750 177
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 386 291 201 261 172 179 154 221 350 122
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 572 735 559 + + + +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 46 54 53 71 79 115 107 122 176 142
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 97 24 44 47 37 36 8 48 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 234 123 164 109 93 65 47 144 86
Median TT (Days) 498 836 677 369 655 239 207 293 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 100 426 335 252 423 173 130 137 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 876 + 469 360 934 + +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 6 6 4 9 17 14 19 39 37 39
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 183 210 62 32 33 4 30 27 32
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 314 210 196 227 92 21 62 96 66
Median TT (Days) 206 + 636 + 376 739 168 261 504 217
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 15 + 210 + 244 180 48 95 150 108
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 603 + +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 11 + + + + + 94
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 11 + + + + + 94
Median TT (Days) + + + 11 + + + + + 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 12 3 13 9 13 12 27 12 16 26
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 176 445 54 1 49 20 15 79 62 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 764 445 110 36 68 22 69 117 301 55
Median TT (Days) + + 407 + 274 126 220 + + 501
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 110 + 68 27 117 + + 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 695 1,438 373 + + +

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.