Table 1.5

Time to Transplant

New Waiting List Registrations, 1997 to 2006

  Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kidney Number of Registrations 19,051 20,173 21,001 22,284 22,337 23,485 24,414 27,122 29,131 31,495
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 98 106 106 113 115 107 107 111 108 106
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 295 323 314 338 348 339 354 358 343 368
Median TT (Days) 1,055 1,153 1,127 1,203 1,180 1,144 1,152 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,026 1,117 1,096 1,170 1,144 1,115 1,121 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,098 1,183 1,163 1,239 1,215 1,179 1,187 + + +
Pancreas Transplant Alone Number of Registrations 187 217 219 266 336 301 322 361 371 404
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 25 24 15 8 24 17 15 18 18 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 87 55 49 108 58 57 90 83 111
Median TT (Days) 498 298 190 290 751 300 363 376 358 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 319 195 139 220 450 194 259 293 252 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 700 449 279 475 + 552 544 612 733 +
Pancreas After Kidney Number of Registrations 141 179 309 523 613 596 593 623 517 473
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 14 24 29 51 37 47 33 36 47
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 54 67 92 139 124 142 138 164 196
Median TT (Days) 219 218 219 463 551 594 500 562 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 161 154 192 368 462 456 416 443 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 361 335 298 617 656 732 634 798 + +
Kidney-Pancreas Number of Registrations 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,743 1,645 1,729 1,785 1,671
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 48 64 68 65 63 62 48 48 45
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 154 147 176 224 179 180 177 149 134 132
Median TT (Days) 380 404 448 543 492 471 453 428 451 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 355 380 420 507 456 430 409 396 411 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 412 440 480 588 539 509 512 480 481 +
Liver Number of Registrations 8,619 9,538 10,520 10,881 11,125 9,647 10,325 10,854 10,985 11,036
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 24 28 28 29 14 10 8 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 122 151 186 193 169 80 56 43 38 36
Median TT (Days) 682 838 1,750 + + 981 564 402 296 306
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 628 770 1,431 + + 843 498 355 277 272
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 747 936 2,186 + + 1,123 649 446 329 352
Intestine Number of Registrations 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284 317
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50 64
Median TT (Days) + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232 261
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 404 +
Heart Number of Registrations 3,757 3,939 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,231 2,939 2,881 2,833 3,034
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 24 18 15 14 14 14 12 10 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 71 74 73 57 51 46 44 38 33 26
Median TT (Days) 303 373 359 327 264 230 209 166 130 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 266 321 314 290 232 207 181 153 120 101
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 343 426 411 368 300 259 233 184 149 125
Lung Number of Registrations 1,939 2,084 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 1,999 1,562 1,774
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 121 139 110 86 80 87 45 18 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 313 369 450 360 284 250 240 184 54 31
Median TT (Days) 1,053 1,105 + 1,663 1,224 1,057 924 792 199 132
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 916 977 + 1,233 988 877 768 666 176 114
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,289 1,364 + + 1,983 1,296 1,157 1,052 228 149
Heart-Lung Number of Registrations 140 137 109 116 106 88 69 78 58 77
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 58 109 237 112 48 77 44 50 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 792 481 402 + 534 409 225 284 100 142
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(+) = 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.