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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Blood Type Year of Waiting List Registration
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number of Registrations 21,002 22,284 22,337 23,483 24,414 27,125 29,142 31,502 32,861 33,051
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 106 113 115 107 107 111 108 106 121 119
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 314 338 348 339 354 358 343 359 406 450
Median TT (Days) 1,127 1,204 1,180 1,146 1,152 1,219 1,269 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,096 1,171 1,144 1,115 1,121 1,183 1,232 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,163 1,241 1,216 1,180 1,187 1,257 1,319 + + +
O Number of Registrations 9,998 10,790 10,811 11,414 11,859 13,295 14,109 15,250 16,004 16,015
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 136 136 147 133 129 135 136 125 139 145
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 420 428 455 458 450 450 464 449 536 +
Median TT (Days) 1,474 1,473 1,471 1,454 1,409 1,568 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,399 1,392 1,398 1,395 1,354 1,502 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,529 1,531 1,530 1,513 1,484 1,645 + + + +
A Number of Registrations 7,193 7,361 7,454 7,742 8,049 8,929 9,638 10,532 10,791 10,853
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 78 92 89 83 85 86 80 85 105 93
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 226 240 234 223 242 253 242 267 306 300
Median TT (Days) 740 794 792 754 774 815 815 873 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 696 756 753 728 745 786 784 840 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 775 828 831 787 805 859 855 912 + +
B Number of Registrations 2,967 3,286 3,210 3,414 3,574 3,904 4,236 4,454 4,781 4,933
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 165 152 175 148 146 145 152 147 151 150
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 512 497 576 498 501 473 445 522 523 +
Median TT (Days) 1,769 1,865 1,863 1,665 1,620 1,655 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,615 1,729 1,696 1,547 1,535 1,533 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,895 1,988 2,088 1,838 1,779 + + + + +
AB Number of Registrations 844 847 862 913 932 997 1,159 1,266 1,285 1,250
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 48 62 69 56 60 63 62 61 71 70
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 151 166 180 154 149 176 164 172 208 192
Median TT (Days) 396 470 502 484 548 602 521 527 637 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 350 413 450 440 475 525 450 467 576 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 469 541 584 548 647 734 610 598 765 +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have been 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.



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