Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/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 + + +
White Number of Registrations 10,148 10,289 10,913 11,120 11,483 11,178 11,579 11,679 12,745 14,117
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 77 82 82 85 90 81 79 84 80
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 211 212 232 227 238 239 218 227 242 234
Median TT (Days) 752 743 814 757 796 788 769 774 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 717 705 782 729 767 753 741 746 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 784 774 852 792 835 823 794 802 + +
African American Number of Registrations 5,239 5,320 5,706 5,918 6,324 6,488 6,746 7,011 7,619 8,154
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 145 178 185 182 186 195 187 186 192 181
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 512 510 591 573 576 621 616 584 659 +
Median TT (Days) 1,612 1,664 1,738 1,823 1,814 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,525 1,594 1,668 1,712 1,729 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,693 1,750 1,866 1,908 1,918 + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,822 2,196 2,265 2,606 2,911 3,039 3,356 3,848 4,204 4,434
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 119 105 135 132 128 141 133 145 138 149
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 349 342 392 412 407 421 433 498 468 +
Median TT (Days) 1,196 1,130 1,282 1,323 1,372 1,280 1,470 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,103 1,047 1,182 1,195 1,277 1,184 1,338 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,302 1,225 1,404 1,470 1,481 1,408 + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 896 1,031 1,051 1,113 1,305 1,325 1,448 1,455 1,872 1,926
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 119 180 136 192 175 174 172 181 191 185
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 427 473 434 504 541 600 556 553 574 +
Median TT (Days) 1,188 1,342 1,399 1,537 1,694 1,511 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,086 1,206 1,251 1,391 1,545 1,420 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,339 1,568 1,553 1,708 1,874 1,634 + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 211 190 212 221 245 268 310 295 446 408
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 141 207 209 124 190 126 132 120 127 161
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 500 504 451 590 594 457 483 367 402 450
Median TT (Days) 1,503 1,750 1,519 1,932 1,923 1,556 1,371 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,241 1,156 1,066 1,388 1,261 1,318 1,126 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,909 + 1,977 + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 14 25 28 24 17 42 56 131 240 96
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 104 86 111 57 233 185 122 101 28 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 135 182 174 170 436 345 256 171 75 57
Median TT (Days) 278 344 322 228 687 785 554 281 139 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 204 207 198 185 474 481 453 252 126 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 580 728 560 443 1,307 1,008 720 338 158 143


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.