Table 6.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 187 217 219 266 336 301 322 361 371 404
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 25 24 15 8 24 17 15 18 18 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 87 55 49 108 58 57 90 83 111
Median TT (Days) 498 298 190 290 751 300 363 376 358 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 319 195 139 220 450 194 259 293 252 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 700 449 279 475 + 552 544 612 733 +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 0 7 4 5 15 16 13 18 34 53
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 56
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 117 184
Median TT (Days) + 66 219 239 76 42 59 55 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 7 3 1 1 11 8 14 17 23 32
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 44 97
Median TT (Days) 21 + 1 1 2 1 12 57 152 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1 + + + 1 1 1 2 72 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 1 423 132 + +
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 5 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 141 1,438 + 1 + 1 + + 2 24
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 141 1,438 + 1 + 1 + + 13 24
Median TT (Days) 141 1,438 + 1 + 1 + + 15 24
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 141 + + + + 1 + + 13 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 3 5 3 3 5 4 4 8 3 13
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 171 4 308 904 288 219 1 187 776 35
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 171 4 308 904 467 219 1 226 776 +
Median TT (Days) 226 64 602 904 + 393 34 625 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 171 4 308 904 + 219 1 226 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 74 64 74 83 81 69 81 88 99 90
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 43 14 13 26 29 29 38 22 26
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 93 108 69 62 160 64 85 144 69 109
Median TT (Days) 498 298 234 349 751 222 478 507 241 352
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 268 179 121 221 350 129 169 277 166 198
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 782 802 619 + + 983 + + 619 +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 84 122 115 131 185 154 163 169 151 157
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 27 36 8 48 33 18 19 32 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 122 87 66 47 145 73 64 96 95 100
Median TT (Days) 526 265 189 291 1,320 532 367 462 543 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 369 194 130 137 552 302 273 352 260 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,848 578 287 741 + + 706 1,016 + +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 17 14 22 41 36 45 43 58 55 58
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 33 4 16 27 17 43 19 13 54
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 227 92 21 49 68 59 96 84 64 126
Median TT (Days) 376 739 115 255 504 191 455 362 334 359
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 244 180 28 89 135 87 308 134 142 261
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 374 580 + 570 + + + +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 1 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 94 8 73 39 +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 94 8 73 39 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 94 8 73 39 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 94 8 73 + +
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.