Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Race 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, White Number of Registrations 8,299 8,519 8,982 8,987 9,336 8,935 9,180 9,456 10,201 11,362
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 69 73 79 77 84 86 78 77 81 76
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 196 194 216 213 228 223 204 214 228 215
Median TT (Days) 671 658 748 688 739 723 708 713 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 630 628 710 657 708 687 677 680 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 706 688 785 726 771 754 737 744 + +
No, African American Number of Registrations 4,518 4,611 4,939 5,104 5,522 5,567 5,767 6,025 6,529 7,036
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 133 166 174 172 180 185 177 174 187 179
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 454 469 539 531 540 582 579 550 605 +
Median TT (Days) 1,455 1,522 1,609 1,617 1,658 1,701 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,372 1,443 1,513 1,537 1,579 1,591 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,532 1,615 1,685 1,731 1,752 1,868 + + + +
No, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,551 1,955 1,993 2,267 2,542 2,666 2,944 3,419 3,708 3,929
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 115 101 132 120 127 133 134 142 134 148
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 314 321 373 387 383 395 427 478 456 +
Median TT (Days) 1,115 1,059 1,201 1,163 1,298 1,222 1,400 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 954 952 1,128 1,071 1,190 1,121 1,302 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,224 1,141 1,324 1,294 1,426 1,329 + + + +
No, Asian Number of Registrations 797 923 952 1,001 1,170 1,181 1,259 1,303 1,675 1,721
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 117 166 129 168 167 169 168 186 181 189
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 427 451 408 464 493 572 531 553 543 +
Median TT (Days) 1,127 1,249 1,317 1,451 1,576 1,430 1,554 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,016 1,152 1,196 1,280 1,486 1,338 1,334 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,242 1,450 1,471 1,615 1,773 1,547 + + + +
No, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 195 181 193 206 221 240 288 270 393 365
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 119 207 191 127 224 108 128 109 128 168
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 487 504 449 590 593 423 434 382 446 453
Median TT (Days) 1,461 1,696 1,542 2,262 1,803 1,461 1,309 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,199 1,130 1,032 1,388 1,241 1,257 1,067 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,767 + 2,161 + + + + + + +
No, Unknown Number of Registrations 13 23 26 23 16 40 52 123 215 82
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 119 86 111 57 267 216 177 94 28 31
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 204 182 174 170 436 399 309 157 78 67
Median TT (Days) 344 344 308 252 687 788 581 281 148 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 204 207 198 177 514 527 477 252 129 104
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 580 728 560 458 1,307 1,011 754 342 164 144
Yes, White Number of Registrations 1,849 1,770 1,931 2,133 2,147 2,243 2,399 2,223 2,544 2,755
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 112 99 107 93 107 91 98 95 111
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 342 353 351 308 302 317 317 329 312 333
Median TT (Days) 1,214 1,322 1,386 1,237 1,194 1,169 1,098 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,074 1,175 1,174 1,091 1,090 1,028 1,005 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,424 1,557 1,570 1,447 1,352 1,308 1,208 + + +
Yes, African American Number of Registrations 721 709 767 814 802 921 979 986 1,090 1,118
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 343 315 369 336 289 304 306 290 306 246
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,078 1,031 1,097 1,098 1,056 1,061 1,038 943 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 271 241 272 339 369 373 412 429 496 505
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 173 218 181 242 162 241 128 180 164 163
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 670 768 655 780 645 698 523 739 542 +
Median TT (Days) 1,822 2,449 1,983 + 1,943 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,486 1,637 1,683 + 1,594 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,557 + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Asian Number of Registrations 99 108 99 112 135 144 189 152 197 205
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 187 205 303 557 366 196 327 156 281 174
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 501 916 809 1,082 1,294 1,106 950 561 + +
Median TT (Days) 1,948 2,995 2,618 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,542 1,839 1,862 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 16 9 19 15 24 28 22 25 53 43
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 406 184 307 2 173 157 516 169 99 103
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 521 688 469 115 740 1,318 829 364 366 303
Median TT (Days) + 2,373 1,475 1,495 + + + 684 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 688 510 934 + + + 462 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Unknown Number of Registrations 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 8 25 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 105 170 193 146 183 84 124 34 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 105 170 193 146 183 84 177 43 45
Median TT (Days) 36 105 170 193 146 183 116 257 105 52
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 105 170 + + 183 84 180 75 46
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 139 164


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.