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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Peak PRA and Gender 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 + + +
0-9%, Female Number of Registrations 5,919 6,269 6,475 6,558 6,770 7,294 7,592 7,857 8,191 7,392
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 101 120 112 112 111 120 117 111 128 117
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 291 331 317 343 348 352 339 353 397 380
Median TT (Days) 1,059 1,139 1,081 1,125 1,055 1,151 1,159 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 996 1,068 1,023 1,062 1,000 1,101 1,111 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,118 1,199 1,137 1,176 1,116 1,212 1,224 + + +
0-9%, Male Number of Registrations 10,150 10,631 10,755 11,378 11,672 13,337 14,366 15,440 15,781 14,971
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 112 124 123 113 117 120 114 112 127 123
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 307 337 352 343 358 367 337 355 394 417
Median TT (Days) 1,006 1,114 1,102 1,083 1,081 1,127 1,153 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 958 1,064 1,047 1,042 1,038 1,099 1,113 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,048 1,161 1,142 1,126 1,120 1,171 1,190 + + +
10-79%, Female Number of Registrations 1,468 1,539 1,583 1,716 1,864 2,151 2,324 2,640 2,931 2,919
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 152 178 210 170 147 174 163 151 170 162
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 522 511 628 523 508 537 501 526 538 +
Median TT (Days) 1,827 1,856 2,075 1,754 1,801 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,568 1,589 1,782 1,527 1,587 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,134 2,103 2,484 2,180 2,111 + + + + +
10-79%, Male Number of Registrations 1,026 981 1,002 1,101 1,226 1,436 1,624 1,818 2,018 2,185
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 168 132 164 178 153 150 153 133 156 155
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 501 480 583 527 525 475 451 409 477 +
Median TT (Days) 1,798 1,710 2,506 1,708 1,754 1,587 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,414 1,470 1,842 1,457 1,483 1,347 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,427 2,019 + 2,164 + + + + + +
80%+, Female Number of Registrations 544 623 600 707 817 940 1,143 1,349 1,408 1,497
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 220 201 243 173 190 216 176 189 237 218
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 715 729 1,003 656 787 834 634 667 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
80%+, Male Number of Registrations 305 327 302 390 439 458 592 710 742 767
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 163 263 191 154 183 151 214 165 256 229
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,011 1,093 736 631 655 840 949 805 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown, Female Number of Registrations 617 761 646 653 605 564 547 629 659 1,285
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 33 39 26 19 11 9 15 16 36
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 190 139 151 123 102 72 63 86 113 +
Median TT (Days) 976 1,134 729 476 520 351 479 1,072 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 791 704 564 375 405 276 329 517 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,287 1,340 905 590 673 514 845 + + +
Unknown, Male Number of Registrations 973 1,153 974 980 1,021 945 954 1,059 1,131 2,035
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 39 30 18 11 15 12 8 9 10 35
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 197 144 120 96 84 74 70 74 55 435
Median TT (Days) 939 782 627 450 444 378 418 817 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 721 640 505 381 362 292 336 604 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,228 1,015 827 564 546 485 532 + + +


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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