Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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 +
No Number of Registrations 1,286 1,267 1,291 1,416 1,636 1,825 1,597 1,553 1,479 1,532
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 38 46 53 45 61 67 62 63 58 46
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 113 126 150 141 170 218 165 173 162 143
Median TT (Days) 289 346 361 392 428 521 475 429 414 449
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 258 317 341 364 401 484 437 400 373 388
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 322 383 390 415 458 556 507 469 483 +
Yes Number of Registrations 100 111 121 119 169 182 191 191 170 203
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 65 161 95 86 86 81 85 71 107 79
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 201 398 232 240 270 300 266 393 321 256
Median TT (Days) + + + 964 987 + 1,174 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 588 701 + 687 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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.