Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Gender 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 + + +
No, Female Number of Registrations 6,042 6,346 6,728 6,862 7,191 7,693 7,737 7,958 8,464 9,176
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 95 98 109 98 114 113 109 106 115
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 265 279 296 318 300 338 340 338 358 370
Median TT (Days) 927 1,049 1,060 1,158 1,119 1,205 1,175 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 875 987 1,012 1,098 1,064 1,155 1,115 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,001 1,112 1,132 1,204 1,178 1,267 1,244 + + +
No, Male Number of Registrations 8,864 9,045 9,487 10,231 10,403 11,123 10,900 11,550 12,164 13,583
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 80 82 89 99 105 109 111 99 102 106
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 229 253 260 291 294 316 325 305 320 341
Median TT (Days) 756 871 888 999 977 1,081 1,043 1,055 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 719 828 846 954 934 1,028 999 988 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 795 916 944 1,044 1,020 1,127 1,094 1,115 + +
Yes, Female Number of Registrations 1,208 1,206 1,184 1,242 1,358 1,501 1,571 1,674 1,590 1,785
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 122 132 129 118 159 132 134 121 130 139
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 459 508 439 428 457 488 462 472 446 464
Median TT (Days) 1,853 2,026 2,223 1,739 2,051 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,608 1,690 1,806 1,510 1,803 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,195 2,841 + 2,056 + + + + + +
Yes, Male Number of Registrations 1,773 1,734 1,651 1,842 2,049 1,969 2,132 2,314 2,204 2,587
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 133 128 152 147 133 120 133 123 125 113
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 446 494 504 510 459 416 483 459 476 +
Median TT (Days) 1,660 1,661 1,860 2,157 1,912 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,484 1,485 1,660 1,854 1,695 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,900 1,822 2,279 + + + + + + +


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.