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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Peak PRA 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, 0-9% Number of Registrations 14,213 14,990 15,130 15,759 16,476 18,329 19,608 20,878 21,648 20,345
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 121 118 112 114 120 114 112 128 121
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 294 332 332 332 349 358 337 350 394 401
Median TT (Days) 981 1,093 1,055 1,059 1,051 1,123 1,131 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 940 1,049 1,020 1,024 1,011 1,099 1,101 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,017 1,131 1,099 1,102 1,087 1,156 1,163 + + +
No, 10-79% Number of Registrations 1,595 1,716 1,653 1,844 2,106 2,415 2,747 3,146 3,543 3,727
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 137 141 178 166 136 158 143 141 174 149
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 440 450 549 493 467 469 449 448 506 +
Median TT (Days) 1,515 1,559 1,870 1,642 1,445 1,611 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,335 1,340 1,623 1,450 1,280 1,433 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,782 1,733 2,226 1,871 1,640 + + + + +
No, 80%+ Number of Registrations 414 507 454 541 630 705 865 1,046 1,095 1,102
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 160 148 205 127 135 146 162 142 197 194
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 584 729 785 538 625 676 598 508 781 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
No, Unknown Number of Registrations 1,364 1,595 1,389 1,339 1,377 1,268 1,265 1,442 1,520 2,870
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 46 35 31 17 18 14 10 13 12 37
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 198 149 141 106 91 76 70 79 71 +
Median TT (Days) 925 752 689 438 468 388 391 836 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 789 635 565 376 391 308 326 606 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,134 936 828 519 560 471 499 + + +
Yes, 0-9% Number of Registrations 1,856 1,910 2,100 2,177 1,966 2,302 2,350 2,419 2,324 2,018
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 137 128 125 119 121 118 116 108 133 121
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 382 352 394 442 398 390 337 388 418 456
Median TT (Days) 1,552 1,414 1,337 1,479 1,346 1,289 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,377 1,268 1,218 1,286 1,159 1,154 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,766 1,623 1,511 1,666 1,523 1,475 + + + +
Yes, 10-79% Number of Registrations 899 804 932 973 984 1,172 1,201 1,312 1,406 1,377
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 220 209 241 190 202 191 188 154 151 172
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 645 681 733 602 630 602 553 569 506 +
Median TT (Days) 2,895 2,832 + 2,081 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 2,074 2,053 + 1,626 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, 80%+ Number of Registrations 435 443 448 556 626 693 870 1,013 1,055 1,162
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 247 311 251 221 268 232 247 232 359 245
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 970 1,037 958 732 947 1,044 895 987 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Unknown Number of Registrations 226 319 231 294 249 241 236 246 270 450
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 4 3 8 8 4 3 7 13 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 141 92 103 109 80 53 53 63 51 +
Median TT (Days) 1,421 1,594 654 619 471 316 1,450 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 679 1,114 352 404 344 243 445 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 997 901 897 627 + + + +


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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