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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/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 + + +
White Number of Registrations 11,134 11,489 11,200 11,599 11,748 12,923 14,175 15,186 15,529 15,519
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 82 85 91 81 79 82 79 80 91 86
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 226 239 239 218 226 233 224 236 270 278
Median TT (Days) 757 797 790 769 765 795 808 848 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 728 767 755 741 739 771 781 821 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 791 835 825 794 792 822 837 879 + +
African American Number of Registrations 5,922 6,331 6,497 6,759 7,047 7,662 8,173 8,943 9,601 9,667
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 182 187 196 187 185 187 180 179 195 198
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 573 576 622 614 577 626 585 619 706 +
Median TT (Days) 1,823 1,816 1,862 1,791 1,662 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,712 1,731 1,767 1,703 1,570 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,908 1,919 1,949 1,894 1,777 + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 2,609 2,911 3,045 3,364 3,865 4,225 4,446 5,002 5,185 5,376
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 128 141 134 146 136 148 132 147 146
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 412 410 424 436 488 462 466 450 540 +
Median TT (Days) 1,321 1,380 1,280 1,407 1,681 1,742 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,190 1,281 1,187 1,320 1,567 1,576 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,467 1,489 1,411 1,522 1,831 + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 1,116 1,307 1,327 1,450 1,459 1,880 1,936 1,950 2,132 2,075
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 189 178 176 180 183 193 179 189 183 185
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 505 562 616 574 563 586 558 575 612 +
Median TT (Days) 1,566 1,770 1,555 1,601 1,561 1,853 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,435 1,584 1,468 1,469 1,422 1,573 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,774 1,928 1,701 1,799 1,770 + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 221 246 268 310 295 435 412 421 414 414
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 124 190 126 132 120 146 161 146 234 176
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 590 594 457 483 382 430 421 477 732 +
Median TT (Days) 1,932 1,867 1,556 1,371 1,262 1,519 1,325 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,388 1,261 1,318 1,126 1,035 1,145 1,106 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 1,636 1,698 + + + + +
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 + + + + + + + + + +


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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