Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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 +
No Number of Registrations 1,267 1,290 1,415 1,634 1,824 1,595 1,552 1,475 1,528 1,617
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 46 53 45 62 67 63 63 58 46 46
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 126 151 141 170 218 167 173 162 142 127
Median TT (Days) 346 362 392 428 521 476 429 414 401 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 318 341 364 401 485 438 400 373 366 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 385 391 416 458 557 510 468 482 438 +
Yes Number of Registrations 112 122 120 171 183 193 191 171 203 173
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 159 101 90 87 81 95 71 123 79 80
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 385 255 240 272 300 277 393 321 253 243
Median TT (Days) + + 964 1,039 + 1,242 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 588 708 + 693 + + + +
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.