Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/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 + + +
White Number of Registrations 9,918 10,148 10,290 10,915 11,120 11,484 11,180 11,579 11,690 12,792
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 71 72 77 82 82 85 91 81 79 84
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 203 211 212 232 227 238 239 218 227 244
Median TT (Days) 673 754 742 814 758 796 789 769 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 644 717 704 782 729 767 754 741 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 709 784 773 852 792 835 824 794 + +
African American Number of Registrations 4,995 5,238 5,319 5,706 5,916 6,325 6,488 6,749 7,018 7,627
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 139 144 178 185 182 186 195 187 186 192
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 438 512 510 591 573 575 621 616 591 +
Median TT (Days) 1,510 1,612 1,664 1,738 1,822 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,411 1,525 1,594 1,668 1,712 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,585 1,690 1,750 1,866 1,908 + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,862 1,823 2,197 2,263 2,609 2,910 3,039 3,359 3,850 4,212
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 97 119 105 135 132 128 141 134 145 136
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 286 349 342 392 412 407 421 433 499 +
Median TT (Days) 934 1,197 1,130 1,279 1,321 1,372 1,282 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 854 1,105 1,047 1,176 1,195 1,276 1,184 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,025 1,324 1,225 1,402 1,467 1,481 1,558 + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 845 896 1,030 1,053 1,111 1,305 1,322 1,448 1,455 1,872
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 134 119 174 136 192 175 174 172 181 191
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 381 427 469 434 504 541 600 556 553 +
Median TT (Days) 1,111 1,188 1,342 1,405 1,537 1,760 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,003 1,086 1,206 1,252 1,391 1,545 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,256 1,339 1,568 1,555 1,708 + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 252 212 190 212 222 245 270 310 295 450
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 157 141 207 209 124 190 113 132 120 118
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 382 500 504 451 583 594 457 483 367 447
Median TT (Days) 1,595 1,511 1,750 1,519 1,873 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,167 1,241 1,156 1,066 1,322 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,931 1,930 + 1,977 + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 15 14 24 28 23 17 41 51 114 178
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 131 104 86 111 57 233 185 122 94 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 225 135 181 174 170 436 399 238 148 50
Median TT (Days) 400 278 344 322 228 687 788 536 260 118
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 226 204 241 198 177 474 527 399 233 97
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 840 580 728 560 458 1,307 1,008 645 301 131


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.