Table 5.2

Time to Transplant

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations, 1994 to 2003

Residency		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	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	+	+	+
U.S. Resident	Number of Registrations	16,321	17,702	18,069	18,789	19,928	20,788	22,044	22,164	23,329	24,249
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	86	87	92	98	106	107	114	115	107	104
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	254	262	285	294	322	314	337	348	338	359
	Median TT (Days)	824	913	1,030	1,044	1,142	1,121	1,192	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	792	878	992	1,015	1,105	1,089	1,162	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	855	948	1,066	1,084	1,173	1,154	1,228	+	+	+
Nonresident Alien	Number of Registrations	99	152	183	185	184	169	203	166	154	221
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	148	57	81	96	111	134	151	104	186	108
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	387	235	253	293	426	619	584	367	525	+
	Median TT (Days)	1,050	713	1,231	1,285	1,474	1,289	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	692	560	949	824	1,180	1,130	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	1,466	966	1,873	1,901	2,182	+	+	+	+	+
Unknown	Number of Registrations	114	36	70	83	70	24	10	10	5	23
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	598	358	67	79	36	93	202	+	403	191
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	+	+	398	370	140	1,198	+	+	+	+
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	1,638	1,700	1,212	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	883	647	789	+	+	+	+	+
	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.