Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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 +
White Number of Registrations 1,174 1,145 1,154 1,282 1,466 1,588 1,352 1,325 1,184 1,248
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 48 53 48 62 66 59 60 59 43
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 123 135 158 141 174 208 169 168 163 139
Median TT (Days) 314 355 370 394 427 496 458 431 405 449
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 276 323 348 366 399 456 426 401 366 371
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 353 392 405 431 460 536 496 479 463 +
African American Number of Registrations 139 154 160 152 217 245 262 238 278 260
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 63 53 71 55 105 76 123 77 66
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 108 179 146 215 165 323 252 246 243 175
Median TT (Days) 337 560 412 603 484 946 644 691 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 241 414 338 515 381 735 546 531 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 498 915 739 1,186 778 + 890 947 + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 56 61 79 84 97 138 139 146 147 169
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 52 46 42 57 69 75 86 61 76
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 88 132 146 147 222 289 182 212 218 232
Median TT (Days) 183 387 378 342 788 853 611 500 528 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 126 274 236 221 527 582 405 450 411 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 348 567 531 435 981 + 815 661 + +
Asian Number of Registrations 13 13 16 9 15 26 26 21 20 39
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 62 83 46 164 108 78 64 2 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 91 161 165 300 640 231 115 154 72 246
Median TT (Days) 425 577 446 + 1,521 953 586 + 304 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 91 161 207 + 965 298 126 + 173 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 4 5 3 8 10 8 8 13 13 11
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 251 120 393 16 171 61 84 56 24 79
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 251 173 393 28 325 202 152 72 133 83
Median TT (Days) 787 + 1,044 298 1,801 310 354 536 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 251 + 393 219 325 267 156 73 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 921 + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 8
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 36 496 279 65 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 36 496 279 91 55
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 36 496 279 244 70
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 36 + + 91 69
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.