Table 1.5

Time to Transplant

New Waiting List Registrations, 1994 to 2003

  Year of Waiting List Registration
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Kidney Number of Registrations 16,534 17,890 18,322 19,057 20,182 20,981 22,257 22,340 23,488 24,493
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 87 91 98 106 107 115 115 107 104
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 256 261 285 294 323 315 339 348 338 359
Median TT (Days) 836 914 1,035 1,046 1,145 1,125 1,199 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 806 880 997 1,016 1,108 1,094 1,168 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 866 948 1,071 1,084 1,176 1,160 1,236 + + +
Pancreas Transplant Alone Number of Registrations 119 116 148 185 216 212 260 322 290 333
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 77 44 21 21 24 19 10 37 21 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 218 134 165 104 87 65 62 121 59 51
Median TT (Days) 836 677 393 507 265 210 339 838 365 476
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 554 378 317 319 189 154 244 497 201 245
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 876 710 390 290 624 + 631 +
Pancreas After Kidney Number of Registrations 81 115 133 144 180 314 528 623 602 593
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 32 34 21 15 25 27 51 35 44
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 113 136 95 50 54 66 87 137 124 142
Median TT (Days) 373 456 299 218 232 215 433 550 590 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 251 337 183 168 157 187 336 460 451 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,047 683 500 359 335 296 594 656 + +
Kidney-Pancreas Number of Registrations 1,217 1,387 1,379 1,412 1,534 1,805 2,007 1,792 1,744 1,653
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 33 41 50 54 48 62 69 63 63 62
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 100 119 137 154 145 175 224 176 180 183
Median TT (Days) 274 307 375 378 403 444 543 490 472 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 246 270 338 353 375 418 507 454 431 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 318 343 411 410 437 478 588 536 511 +
Liver Number of Registrations 6,228 7,331 8,057 8,620 9,539 10,515 10,881 11,127 9,648 10,331
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 11 14 17 23 29 28 29 14 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 70 100 120 150 186 193 168 80 56
Median TT (Days) 225 325 483 675 829 1,811 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 208 303 447 619 761 1,408 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 245 345 510 732 922 + + + + +
Intestine Number of Registrations 84 92 88 133 152 149 171 219 204 205
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 19 35 27 19 28 31 27 30 34
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 163 114 96 92 91 87 102 82 98 89
Median TT (Days) + 467 390 + 496 313 294 319 307 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 276 254 + 191 219 175 185 243 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,164 + + 520 574 488 + +
Heart Number of Registrations 3,726 4,245 3,875 3,756 3,939 3,541 3,449 3,402 3,230 2,942
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 17 23 24 24 18 15 14 14 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 62 76 70 74 73 57 51 46 43
Median TT (Days) 282 323 350 300 372 361 327 262 230 213
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 253 289 311 265 320 314 289 231 208 178
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 329 367 385 341 424 416 368 300 259 246
Lung Number of Registrations 1,569 1,752 1,828 1,947 2,084 1,988 1,976 2,035 1,889 1,954
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 64 82 83 121 141 109 86 79 87
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 222 197 260 297 369 451 358 284 249 247
Median TT (Days) 796 768 779 1,014 1,104 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 691 699 719 901 976 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 949 909 944 1,268 1,355 + + + + +
Heart-Lung Number of Registrations 159 138 153 140 137 109 115 107 88 69
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 100 82 75 99 58 109 254 108 48 77
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 321 380 495 792 481 399 + 515 409 292
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(+) = 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.