Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Race 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, White Number of Registrations 8,047 8,310 8,523 8,990 8,990 9,342 8,942 9,191 9,479 10,256
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 65 68 73 79 77 84 86 78 77 81
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 187 196 194 216 212 228 223 204 214 230
Median TT (Days) 592 671 658 749 688 739 725 708 750 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 565 630 627 710 656 708 689 677 712 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 623 706 688 786 725 773 756 737 838 +
No, African American Number of Registrations 4,288 4,521 4,610 4,938 5,107 5,524 5,568 5,769 6,037 6,544
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 129 133 166 174 172 180 185 177 174 185
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 397 453 469 539 531 540 581 579 555 +
Median TT (Days) 1,313 1,452 1,520 1,609 1,616 1,663 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,233 1,368 1,440 1,513 1,532 1,578 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,418 1,527 1,614 1,685 1,731 1,800 + + + +
No, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,590 1,553 1,957 1,992 2,268 2,542 2,668 2,952 3,426 3,727
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 89 116 101 132 120 127 133 134 142 133
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 258 314 319 373 385 383 394 427 478 +
Median TT (Days) 833 1,119 1,058 1,198 1,160 1,298 1,214 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 767 966 950 1,125 1,071 1,188 1,121 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 917 1,231 1,140 1,311 1,294 1,426 1,332 + + +
No, Asian Number of Registrations 743 798 922 954 1,000 1,170 1,178 1,261 1,307 1,675
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 125 117 165 129 166 167 172 165 185 181
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 357 427 450 408 464 493 573 531 553 +
Median TT (Days) 1,030 1,127 1,249 1,320 1,451 1,576 1,520 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 916 1,019 1,152 1,200 1,283 1,486 1,339 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,141 1,248 1,450 1,478 1,615 1,874 + + + +
No, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 226 196 181 193 207 222 242 288 271 399
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 138 119 207 191 127 224 108 128 115 121
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 378 500 504 449 583 593 423 434 382 +
Median TT (Days) 1,517 1,461 1,696 1,542 + 1,810 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,098 1,199 1,130 1,032 + 1,251 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,974 1,828 + 2,161 + + + + + +
No, Unknown Number of Registrations 12 13 22 26 22 16 39 47 108 158
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 131 119 86 111 57 267 216 155 91 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 133 204 202 174 170 436 401 262 148 54
Median TT (Days) 377 344 344 308 228 687 871 543 268 122
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 225 204 241 198 177 514 593 423 233 106
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 774 580 728 560 458 1,307 1,011 720 311 138
Yes, White Number of Registrations 1,871 1,838 1,767 1,925 2,130 2,142 2,238 2,388 2,211 2,536
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 97 101 112 101 107 93 108 92 99 96
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 331 344 353 352 308 302 318 319 331 330
Median TT (Days) 1,234 1,216 1,322 1,389 1,245 1,196 1,182 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,096 1,075 1,175 1,174 1,095 1,093 1,037 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,391 1,428 1,557 1,573 1,447 1,352 1,333 + + +
Yes, African American Number of Registrations 707 717 709 768 809 801 920 980 981 1,083
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 285 354 315 362 336 286 309 306 290 313
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 940 1,105 1,058 1,084 1,110 1,055 1,064 1,069 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 272 270 240 271 341 368 371 407 424 485
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 185 155 207 158 242 162 238 128 198 164
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 558 610 768 655 780 645 699 535 739 +
Median TT (Days) 1,943 1,822 2,449 1,956 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,558 1,486 1,637 1,683 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,693 2,557 + + + + + + + +
Yes, Asian Number of Registrations 102 98 108 99 111 135 144 187 148 197
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 255 187 205 303 557 366 196 385 156 311
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 765 501 916 809 1,069 1,294 1,106 980 571 +
Median TT (Days) 3,011 1,948 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,664 1,542 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 26 16 9 19 15 23 28 22 24 51
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 281 406 184 307 2 173 157 516 169 99
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 946 521 688 469 115 740 1,318 829 328 295
Median TT (Days) + + 2,373 1,475 1,495 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 688 510 934 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Unknown Number of Registrations 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 6 20
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 318 36 105 170 193 146 183 84 124 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 318 36 105 170 193 146 183 84 177 37
Median TT (Days) 840 36 105 170 193 146 183 116 180 82
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 318 + 105 170 + + 183 84 177 43
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 131


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.