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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Race 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, White Number of Registrations 8,998 9,344 8,955 9,198 9,518 10,352 11,402 12,317 12,662 12,723
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 77 84 87 78 77 79 75 78 90 83
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 212 229 223 204 213 220 208 224 260 262
Median TT (Days) 688 739 725 708 702 758 745 787 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 656 708 689 677 671 733 714 759 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 725 771 757 737 738 784 774 813 + +
No, African American Number of Registrations 5,108 5,529 5,576 5,781 6,058 6,569 7,049 7,630 8,232 8,276
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 171 181 188 177 173 180 175 171 187 189
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 531 541 582 577 544 581 561 572 673 +
Median TT (Days) 1,617 1,659 1,682 1,639 1,510 1,748 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,532 1,583 1,589 1,559 1,452 1,620 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,731 1,752 1,796 1,724 1,585 + + + + +
No, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 2,269 2,542 2,672 2,954 3,436 3,729 3,934 4,449 4,618 4,831
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 120 127 133 134 142 133 147 127 142 141
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 385 383 396 428 466 447 447 428 520 +
Median TT (Days) 1,159 1,307 1,225 1,375 1,621 1,640 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,068 1,198 1,121 1,292 1,512 1,505 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,287 1,433 1,329 1,490 1,757 + + + + +
No, Asian Number of Registrations 1,005 1,172 1,183 1,261 1,307 1,683 1,730 1,750 1,910 1,845
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 168 170 174 168 186 184 184 184 182 180
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 469 509 594 544 562 553 545 554 609 +
Median TT (Days) 1,488 1,629 1,485 1,484 1,499 1,696 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,306 1,503 1,368 1,379 1,348 1,502 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,665 1,833 1,604 1,658 1,677 + + + + +
No, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 206 221 240 288 270 384 370 366 384 369
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 127 224 108 128 109 149 172 133 234 199
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 590 593 423 434 398 446 435 497 762 +
Median TT (Days) 2,262 1,803 1,461 1,309 1,272 1,473 1,387 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,388 1,241 1,257 1,067 1,099 1,110 1,139 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 2,446 1,559 1,751 + + + + +
No, Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 14 + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 14 + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + 14 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, White Number of Registrations 2,136 2,145 2,245 2,401 2,230 2,571 2,773 2,869 2,867 2,796
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 107 94 107 91 98 93 108 96 97 100
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 308 302 317 317 327 303 321 311 324 399
Median TT (Days) 1,245 1,200 1,175 1,100 1,235 1,012 1,407 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,095 1,096 1,032 1,009 1,054 923 1,224 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,447 1,371 1,312 1,218 1,421 1,121 + + + +
Yes, African American Number of Registrations 814 802 921 978 989 1,093 1,124 1,313 1,369 1,391
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 336 289 304 308 289 295 249 246 285 298
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,098 1,056 1,061 1,038 943 1,108 876 1,053 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 340 369 373 410 429 496 512 553 567 545
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 249 162 241 128 198 164 154 185 192 175
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 792 645 698 535 740 533 653 675 714 +
Median TT (Days) 3,099 2,004 2,065 2,042 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,989 1,594 1,558 1,429 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 3,111 + + + + + + + +
Yes, Asian Number of Registrations 111 135 144 189 152 197 206 200 222 230
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 557 463 196 406 161 281 174 262 254 310
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,069 1,357 1,106 1,043 571 854 753 927 755 +
Median TT (Days) + + 2,701 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 2,243 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 15 25 28 22 25 51 42 55 30 45
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 2 173 157 516 169 146 103 155 114 41
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 115 740 1,318 829 364 366 244 357 661 +
Median TT (Days) 1,495 + + + 684 + 935 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 934 + + + 462 + 556 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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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