Table 6.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Number of Registrations 118 156 188 217 221 267 337 301 324 364
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 21 21 24 17 8 24 17 15 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 140 164 105 87 63 49 110 58 57 84
Median TT (Days) 735 374 496 283 190 291 751 302 348 429
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 449 317 314 194 147 220 467 197 254 321
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 864 700 400 279 475 + 559 476 +
Female Number of Registrations 62 71 99 105 130 147 182 177 175 209
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 54 21 21 29 19 10 26 11 15 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 123 99 162 87 71 65 108 66 55 93
Median TT (Days) 544 311 633 264 220 353 + 300 254 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 209 243 369 180 149 224 + 191 169 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 526 + 387 504 914 + 623 476 +
Male Number of Registrations 56 85 89 112 91 120 155 124 149 155
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 35 10 18 8 6 24 20 13 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 199 199 72 92 53 31 110 52 59 69
Median TT (Days) 920 928 319 366 154 239 450 302 398 345
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 534 354 205 173 112 89 288 156 326 182
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 695 860 261 484 1,306 976 + +


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.