Table 6.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 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 +
Female Number of Registrations 70 98 105 129 146 182 176 174 206 193
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 32 29 18 10 26 11 15 18 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 164 87 71 66 108 64 55 96 86
Median TT (Days) 311 633 264 220 364 + 300 275 449 378
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 243 423 180 149 224 + 191 151 334 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 404 + 387 504 934 + 623 476 + +
Male Number of Registrations 84 89 112 90 120 154 125 148 154 178
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 10 18 8 6 24 20 12 17 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 206 72 92 53 30 110 51 59 73 72
Median TT (Days) 987 319 366 163 228 397 302 398 307 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 354 205 173 107 89 288 156 326 176 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 695 860 279 433 1,306 844 793 + +


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.