Table 1.5

Time to Transplant

New Waiting List Registrations, 1996 to 2005

  Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Kidney Number of Registrations 18,330 19,051 20,175 21,002 22,285 22,340 23,495 24,419 27,126 29,135
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 91 98 106 106 113 115 107 107 111 108
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 285 295 323 314 337 347 338 353 357 355
Median TT (Days) 1,036 1,051 1,148 1,124 1,198 1,175 1,136 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,000 1,022 1,111 1,092 1,168 1,138 1,110 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,074 1,093 1,179 1,158 1,234 1,209 1,171 + + +
Pancreas Transplant Alone Number of Registrations 154 187 217 219 266 336 301 322 360 371
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 25 24 15 8 24 17 13 18 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 165 105 87 55 49 108 58 57 85 83
Median TT (Days) 374 498 283 190 290 751 300 348 376 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 317 319 194 139 220 450 194 254 293 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 864 700 400 279 475 + 552 478 561 +
Pancreas After Kidney Number of Registrations 128 141 179 309 523 613 596 593 624 517
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 34 21 14 24 29 51 37 47 33 36
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 95 49 54 67 92 139 124 142 137 164
Median TT (Days) 299 219 218 219 463 551 594 500 575 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 191 161 154 192 368 462 456 416 442 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 501 361 335 298 617 656 732 634 831 +
Kidney-Pancreas Number of Registrations 1,379 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,743 1,646 1,731 1,790
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 55 48 64 68 65 63 63 48 48
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 138 154 147 176 224 179 180 177 150 135
Median TT (Days) 375 380 404 448 543 492 471 454 428 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 338 355 376 420 507 456 430 410 396 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 412 412 440 480 588 539 509 513 482 +
Liver Number of Registrations 8,055 8,619 9,538 10,520 10,881 11,126 9,647 10,325 10,855 10,986
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 17 24 28 28 29 14 10 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 101 121 151 186 193 169 80 56 43 38
Median TT (Days) 486 681 837 1,724 + + 974 563 400 321
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 453 627 767 1,417 + + 838 497 355 285
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 518 742 936 2,166 + + 1,113 648 445 380
Intestine Number of Registrations 88 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50
Median TT (Days) 390 + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 254 + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,164 + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 +
Heart Number of Registrations 3,877 3,757 3,939 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,231 2,939 2,881 2,833
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 23 24 24 18 15 14 14 14 12 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 76 71 74 73 57 51 46 44 38 33
Median TT (Days) 354 303 373 359 327 264 230 209 166 130
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 315 266 321 314 290 232 207 181 153 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 392 343 426 411 368 300 259 233 184 148
Lung Number of Registrations 1,837 1,939 2,084 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 1,999 1,562
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 86 121 139 110 86 80 87 45 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 257 313 369 450 360 284 250 240 183 54
Median TT (Days) 779 1,053 1,105 + 1,663 1,239 1,057 932 + 202
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 719 916 977 + 1,233 992 877 768 + 180
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 944 1,289 1,364 + + + 1,296 + + 238
Heart-Lung Number of Registrations 153 140 137 109 116 106 88 69 78 58
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 75 99 58 109 237 112 48 77 44 50
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 495 792 481 399 + 534 409 225 284 100
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(+) = 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 wait listing, 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.