Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Number of Registrations 1,386 1,378 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,744 1,649 1,735
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 50 53 48 62 68 64 63 62 48
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 120 138 154 145 176 223 177 180 177 150
Median TT (Days) 312 375 378 404 446 542 491 471 457 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 274 338 352 376 420 507 455 431 411 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 344 411 409 438 480 583 536 509 514 +
Female Number of Registrations 561 623 615 617 774 875 769 757 711 672
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 38 53 50 45 67 60 75 77 65 43
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 108 150 146 147 187 200 190 207 184 154
Median TT (Days) 305 393 396 414 480 537 497 526 542 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 256 339 357 376 433 465 436 464 451 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 386 469 471 477 556 600 586 631 639 +
Male Number of Registrations 825 755 797 918 1,031 1,132 1,019 987 938 1,063
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 48 58 49 58 73 53 59 58 52
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 126 132 165 143 168 235 165 155 174 149
Median TT (Days) 312 353 362 393 426 547 484 427 404 440
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 268 318 332 353 387 506 440 393 364 350
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 349 406 405 442 464 608 539 480 475 +


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.