Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Gender 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, Female Number of Registrations 6,336 6,727 6,861 7,190 7,690 7,733 7,953 8,452 9,154 9,644
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 95 99 109 98 114 113 109 107 115 113
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 280 296 318 300 338 339 339 358 361 375
Median TT (Days) 1,049 1,061 1,158 1,119 1,205 1,175 1,135 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 987 1,012 1,098 1,064 1,155 1,115 1,092 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,112 1,133 1,204 1,178 1,267 1,243 1,192 + + +
No, Male Number of Registrations 9,037 9,485 10,224 10,398 11,117 10,896 11,537 12,144 13,567 14,851
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 82 89 99 105 109 111 99 102 106 102
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 253 260 291 294 316 325 305 320 330 328
Median TT (Days) 871 890 998 977 1,079 1,043 1,026 1,068 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 828 846 954 933 1,027 999 980 1,009 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 916 944 1,044 1,020 1,127 1,095 1,066 1,122 + +
Yes, Female Number of Registrations 1,216 1,186 1,243 1,358 1,503 1,573 1,681 1,602 1,798 1,955
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 129 129 117 159 133 134 119 129 137 135
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 504 439 427 454 484 462 465 443 432 424
Median TT (Days) 2,026 2,223 1,739 1,996 1,961 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,690 1,806 1,507 1,791 1,690 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,841 3,100 2,056 + + + + + + +
Yes, Male Number of Registrations 1,741 1,653 1,847 2,056 1,975 2,138 2,324 2,221 2,607 2,685
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 125 152 147 134 120 133 122 122 113 129
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 488 499 510 459 419 478 459 472 420 +
Median TT (Days) 1,638 1,860 2,160 1,912 1,848 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,477 1,659 1,856 1,699 1,533 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,813 2,278 2,705 2,249 2,172 + + + + +


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.