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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

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 + + +
0-9% Number of Registrations 16,069 16,900 17,230 17,936 18,442 20,631 21,958 23,297 23,972 22,363
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 107 121 119 112 114 120 114 112 128 121
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 301 335 337 343 353 361 337 354 394 411
Median TT (Days) 1,023 1,124 1,093 1,101 1,073 1,135 1,157 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 988 1,086 1,051 1,062 1,037 1,108 1,125 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,060 1,161 1,124 1,130 1,105 1,168 1,187 + + +
10-79% Number of Registrations 2,494 2,520 2,585 2,817 3,090 3,587 3,948 4,458 4,949 5,104
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 157 156 195 176 150 167 158 144 168 157
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 512 497 615 523 518 504 482 478 506 +
Median TT (Days) 1,815 1,769 2,191 1,741 1,781 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,604 1,604 1,905 1,556 1,598 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,066 1,977 2,574 2,015 2,015 + + + + +
80%+ Number of Registrations 849 950 902 1,097 1,256 1,398 1,735 2,059 2,150 2,264
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 198 204 238 164 185 181 189 181 244 221
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 746 874 881 641 754 836 709 717 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 1,590 1,914 1,620 1,633 1,626 1,509 1,501 1,688 1,790 3,320
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 31 25 16 16 11 8 11 12 36
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 194 142 134 106 91 72 69 76 68 +
Median TT (Days) 963 881 671 452 469 373 421 856 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 831 707 562 397 400 307 361 668 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,171 1,102 812 541 548 459 534 + + +


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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