Table 6.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List Registrations

Residency 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 +
U.S. Resident Number of Registrations 150 183 213 219 261 332 295 320 352 363
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 28 26 15 8 26 17 12 18 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 165 106 87 55 49 110 58 57 85 83
Median TT (Days) 374 498 283 190 284 751 300 348 362 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 316 319 194 139 195 467 194 254 288 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 737 710 449 279 434 + 532 478 561 +
Nonresident Alien Number of Registrations 1 1 2 0 4 4 5 1 5 5
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 1 + 1 1 7 27 1 1
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 1 + 1 1 21 27 36 9
Median TT (Days) + 1 1 + + + 219 27 149 53
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1 + + + 21 + 36 9
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 3
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 164 72 54 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 164 72 54 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 1,106 538 54 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 164 72 54 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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.