Table 6.2

Time to Transplant

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) 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 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 + +

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.