Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Blood Type Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Number of Registrations 1,379 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,743 1,646 1,731 1,790
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 55 48 64 68 65 63 63 48 48
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 138 154 147 176 224 179 180 177 150 135
Median TT (Days) 375 380 404 448 543 492 471 454 428 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 338 355 376 420 507 456 430 410 396 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 412 412 440 480 588 539 509 513 482 +
O Number of Registrations 682 689 770 859 975 851 872 803 817 876
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 57 52 79 91 76 73 75 60 66
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 127 147 157 206 296 215 222 215 180 192
Median TT (Days) 385 389 449 497 680 595 553 539 535 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 339 348 398 455 603 539 494 483 467 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 447 444 498 567 772 645 641 620 624 +
A Number of Registrations 490 514 550 673 728 625 610 594 634 654
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 54 44 41 52 55 52 52 47 31 36
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 126 151 135 140 167 161 138 138 107 101
Median TT (Days) 298 338 329 389 418 360 355 366 323 351
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 274 312 288 342 382 323 312 316 282 285
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 330 374 404 436 473 426 413 444 405 +
B Number of Registrations 164 155 170 210 246 258 202 193 217 187
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 95 150 57 101 71 68 105 80 59 51
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 267 298 158 226 246 183 226 241 190 168
Median TT (Days) 921 797 484 511 607 552 801 712 520 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 696 541 364 405 487 423 609 448 415 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,680 1,317 693 622 755 677 1,212 + 645 +
AB Number of Registrations 43 54 45 63 58 54 59 56 63 73
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 26 22 24 36 36 43 48 48 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 102 77 114 90 108 77 106 105 78 68
Median TT (Days) 474 310 259 195 287 309 210 208 214 264
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 166 131 164 169 216 129 172 146 145 122
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,019 461 495 352 468 587 416 325 393 +


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.