Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Peak PRA Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Number of Registrations 17,887 18,331 19,050 20,177 21,001 22,286 22,340 23,496 24,422 27,131
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 91 98 106 106 113 115 107 107 111
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 262 285 295 323 313 337 348 338 353 366
Median TT (Days) 918 1,036 1,050 1,148 1,124 1,199 1,176 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 886 1,001 1,022 1,111 1,091 1,168 1,139 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 952 1,075 1,092 1,179 1,158 1,234 1,211 + + +
0-9% Number of Registrations 11,336 11,806 12,588 13,309 13,456 14,378 14,544 15,293 16,064 18,457
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 71 73 81 86 92 105 101 95 100 108
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 198 211 227 245 255 283 274 275 299 327
Median TT (Days) 634 729 751 848 848 919 904 945 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 608 697 721 813 818 884 871 907 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 667 756 778 883 877 964 941 983 + +
10-79% Number of Registrations 3,801 3,593 3,381 3,495 3,725 3,761 3,923 4,142 4,205 4,363
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 173 168 181 215 197 199 234 218 182 174
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 460 492 518 589 568 579 628 607 523 +
Median TT (Days) 1,414 1,485 1,592 1,666 1,653 1,638 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,315 1,381 1,508 1,568 1,548 1,550 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,510 1,555 1,722 1,758 1,782 1,799 + + + +
80%+ Number of Registrations 1,741 1,706 1,695 1,942 2,104 2,159 2,171 2,297 2,258 2,162
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 339 392 428 388 357 378 375 283 267 213
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,041 1,129 1,048 1,159 974 1,093 1,026 753 742 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 1,009 1,226 1,386 1,431 1,716 1,988 1,702 1,764 1,895 2,149
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 64 59 71 57 44 49 35 36 33
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 203 324 323 260 197 157 199 162 164 198
Median TT (Days) 1,493 1,801 1,455 1,397 975 1,102 1,115 756 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,192 1,536 1,174 1,169 834 879 906 636 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,735 2,484 1,897 1,633 1,207 1,222 1,547 927 + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(+) = 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 waitlisting, 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.