Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 1,412 1,535 1,805 2,007 1,788 1,743 1,645 1,729 1,785 1,671
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 48 64 68 65 63 62 48 48 45
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 154 147 176 224 179 180 177 149 134 132
Median TT (Days) 380 404 448 543 492 471 453 428 451 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 355 380 420 507 456 430 409 396 411 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 412 440 480 588 539 509 512 480 481 +
No Number of Registrations 1,290 1,415 1,634 1,824 1,595 1,552 1,475 1,528 1,612 1,492
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 45 62 67 63 63 58 46 46 42
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 151 141 170 218 167 173 162 142 126 122
Median TT (Days) 362 393 428 521 476 429 413 401 416 436
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 341 364 401 485 438 400 373 364 382 366
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 391 416 458 557 510 468 466 436 455 +
Yes Number of Registrations 122 120 171 183 193 191 170 201 173 179
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 101 90 87 81 95 71 107 79 80 92
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 255 240 272 300 277 393 321 259 279 402
Median TT (Days) + 964 1,039 + 1,242 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 588 708 + 693 + + + + +
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.