Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx and Race 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 + + +
No, White Number of Registrations 8,529 9,000 8,999 9,343 8,956 9,202 9,521 10,343 11,406 12,329
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 73 79 77 84 87 78 77 79 75 78
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 195 216 212 229 223 204 213 220 208 230
Median TT (Days) 658 748 688 739 726 708 702 758 819 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 628 710 656 708 690 677 672 733 751 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 688 785 725 771 757 737 738 785 + +
No, African American Number of Registrations 4,612 4,940 5,107 5,528 5,577 5,781 6,057 6,569 7,051 7,634
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 166 174 171 181 188 177 173 180 174 172
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 468 538 531 541 582 577 543 582 558 +
Median TT (Days) 1,522 1,605 1,616 1,659 1,682 1,640 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,443 1,513 1,532 1,579 1,590 1,560 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,615 1,684 1,729 1,752 1,796 1,745 + + + +
No, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,962 1,998 2,270 2,543 2,672 2,952 3,436 3,729 3,937 4,458
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 101 132 120 127 133 134 142 133 147 127
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 318 373 385 383 396 428 466 447 447 441
Median TT (Days) 1,060 1,203 1,159 1,303 1,225 1,369 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 957 1,133 1,071 1,197 1,121 1,287 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,142 1,324 1,292 1,433 1,329 1,485 + + + +
No, Asian Number of Registrations 926 952 1,005 1,171 1,182 1,261 1,307 1,680 1,729 1,748
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 166 131 168 170 172 168 186 184 185 186
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 458 413 469 507 594 542 562 552 547 +
Median TT (Days) 1,280 1,361 1,488 1,612 1,480 1,481 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,166 1,216 1,306 1,498 1,366 1,376 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,496 1,488 1,665 1,826 1,595 1,655 + + + +
No, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 181 193 206 222 240 288 270 397 367 368
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 207 191 127 224 108 128 109 127 168 140
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 504 449 590 593 423 434 398 443 428 +
Median TT (Days) 1,696 1,542 2,262 1,803 1,461 1,309 1,272 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,130 1,032 1,388 1,251 1,257 1,067 1,099 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 2,161 + + + 1,559 + + + +
No, Unknown Number of Registrations 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 + + + + 14 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 + + + + 14 + + + +
Median TT (Days) 7 + + + + 14 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 7 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, White Number of Registrations 1,771 1,932 2,134 2,147 2,244 2,401 2,228 2,566 2,768 2,855
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 112 100 107 94 107 91 98 93 108 96
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 353 353 308 302 317 317 326 303 321 314
Median TT (Days) 1,317 1,395 1,242 1,200 1,175 1,100 1,243 1,029 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,175 1,179 1,091 1,096 1,032 1,014 1,063 926 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,555 1,578 1,447 1,371 1,308 1,220 + + + +
Yes, African American Number of Registrations 709 767 814 802 921 979 988 1,092 1,119 1,306
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 309 369 336 289 304 306 289 295 254 253
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,027 1,097 1,098 1,056 1,061 1,038 943 + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 241 272 339 369 373 409 430 496 505 544
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 218 181 242 162 241 128 180 164 163 185
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 768 655 780 645 698 535 739 533 654 +
Median TT (Days) 2,449 1,983 + 2,004 2,168 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,637 1,683 + 1,594 1,558 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Asian Number of Registrations 108 100 112 135 144 189 152 197 206 200
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 205 288 557 414 196 406 161 281 174 262
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 974 782 1,082 1,331 1,106 1,043 571 854 + +
Median TT (Days) + 2,618 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,862 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Yes, Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 10 19 15 24 28 22 25 53 43 53
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 184 307 2 173 157 516 169 146 103 189
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 688 469 115 740 1,318 829 364 371 244 342
Median TT (Days) 2,373 1,475 1,495 + + + 684 + 786 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 688 510 934 + + + 462 + 556 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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.