Table 1.5

Time to Transplant

New Waiting List Registrations, 1995 to 2004

  Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Kidney Number of Registrations 17,887 18,331 19,050 20,177 21,001 22,286 22,340 23,496 24,422 27,131
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 91 98 106 106 113 115 107 107 111
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 262 285 295 323 313 337 348 338 353 366
Median TT (Days) 918 1,036 1,050 1,148 1,124 1,199 1,176 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 886 1,001 1,022 1,111 1,091 1,168 1,139 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 952 1,075 1,092 1,179 1,158 1,234 1,211 + + +
Pancreas Transplant Alone Number of Registrations 118 156 188 217 221 267 337 301 324 364
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 21 21 24 17 8 24 17 15 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 140 164 105 87 63 49 110 58 57 84
Median TT (Days) 735 374 496 283 190 291 751 302 348 429
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 449 317 314 194 147 220 467 197 254 321
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 864 700 400 279 475 + 559 476 +
Pancreas After Kidney Number of Registrations 112 126 140 179 307 522 613 595 591 620
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 32 23 14 24 30 51 37 47 34
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 90 50 54 66 93 139 124 142 138
Median TT (Days) 453 282 219 218 219 463 551 590 511 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 335 183 168 154 192 368 462 456 422 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 655 500 366 335 298 617 656 735 674 +
Kidney-Pancreas Number of Registrations 1,386 1,378 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,744 1,649 1,735
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 50 53 48 62 68 64 63 62 48
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 120 138 154 145 176 223 177 180 177 150
Median TT (Days) 312 375 378 404 446 542 491 471 457 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 274 338 352 376 420 507 455 431 411 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 344 411 409 438 480 583 536 509 514 +
Liver Number of Registrations 7,330 8,053 8,618 9,539 10,520 10,880 11,126 9,647 10,326 10,856
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 14 17 23 28 28 29 14 10 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 70 101 121 151 186 193 169 80 56 43
Median TT (Days) 327 487 681 838 1,734 + + 990 576 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 305 455 627 767 1,420 + + 839 499 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 347 518 742 936 + + + + 696 +
Intestine Number of Registrations 91 88 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 35 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 96 81 99 87 102 84 101 89 72
Median TT (Days) 497 390 + 496 313 294 333 310 289 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 282 254 + 191 219 175 186 255 201 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 1,164 + + 520 574 492 + 443 +
Heart Number of Registrations 4,245 3,876 3,756 3,939 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,231 2,939 2,881
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 23 24 24 18 15 14 14 14 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 62 76 71 74 73 57 51 46 44 38
Median TT (Days) 323 353 303 373 359 327 264 230 209 166
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 290 314 266 321 314 290 232 207 181 153
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 391 343 426 411 368 300 259 233 185
Lung Number of Registrations 1,752 1,836 1,940 2,084 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,888 1,954 2,001
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 64 79 87 121 139 110 86 80 87 45
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 200 257 314 369 450 360 287 250 240 190
Median TT (Days) 773 777 1,062 1,105 + 1,656 1,239 1,077 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 703 718 929 977 + 1,233 992 891 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 920 934 1,315 1,364 + + + + + +
Heart-Lung Number of Registrations 138 153 140 137 109 116 106 88 69 78
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 82 75 99 58 109 237 112 48 77 44
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 380 495 792 481 399 + 534 409 225 284
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(+) = 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 waitlisting, 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.