Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 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 + + +
No Number of Registrations 15,373 16,212 17,085 17,588 18,807 18,629 19,490 20,596 22,721 24,495
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 93 103 101 111 112 104 104 109 105
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 264 273 300 295 327 330 321 337 344 339
Median TT (Days) 939 967 1,057 1,032 1,132 1,100 1,067 1,129 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 901 931 1,016 999 1,096 1,059 1,033 1,082 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 975 1,000 1,098 1,069 1,165 1,130 1,107 + + +
Yes Number of Registrations 2,957 2,839 3,090 3,414 3,478 3,711 4,005 3,823 4,405 4,640
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 127 144 130 144 126 133 121 125 121 130
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 497 471 475 457 440 468 460 459 431 460
Median TT (Days) 1,739 2,004 1,941 1,940 1,895 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,600 1,787 1,760 1,801 1,683 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,945 2,327 2,258 2,226 2,095 + + + + +


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.