Table 8.2

Time to Transplant

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations, 1994 to 2003

Previous Any Organ Tx Year of Waiting List Registration
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 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 +
No Number of Registrations 1,122 1,280 1,264 1,285 1,413 1,629 1,820 1,593 1,553 1,475
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 41 46 55 46 62 68 64 63 58
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 93 117 126 151 141 170 218 168 173 166
Median TT (Days) 257 290 341 362 391 427 526 478 430 431
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 232 259 316 342 363 401 487 440 401 380
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 287 324 382 392 415 457 559 512 470 +
Yes Number of Registrations 95 107 115 127 121 176 187 199 191 178
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 91 30 159 47 67 74 76 53 71 86
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 217 181 385 175 226 254 271 247 393 321
Median TT (Days) 699 + + + 922 965 + 940 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 409 + + + 562 652 + 649 + +
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.