Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	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	+	+	+

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.