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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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 + + +
No Number of Registrations 17,586 18,808 18,626 19,483 20,589 22,717 24,485 26,512 27,806 28,044
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 101 111 112 104 104 110 105 104 120 116
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 296 328 331 322 337 345 330 343 395 429
Median TT (Days) 1,035 1,137 1,105 1,076 1,088 1,154 1,180 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,001 1,101 1,066 1,043 1,053 1,124 1,147 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,073 1,169 1,138 1,113 1,116 1,187 1,214 + + +
Yes Number of Registrations 3,416 3,476 3,711 4,000 3,825 4,408 4,657 4,990 5,055 5,007
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 144 127 133 122 125 121 130 119 132 137
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 459 442 470 468 460 432 424 483 502 +
Median TT (Days) 1,966 1,912 1,816 1,792 2,003 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,806 1,725 1,649 1,585 1,765 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,249 2,126 2,084 2,082 + + + + + +


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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