Table 8.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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 +
White Number of Registrations 1,154 1,280 1,465 1,588 1,351 1,324 1,189 1,251 1,304 1,200
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 54 48 64 66 60 60 61 43 42 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 159 141 174 209 172 168 162 134 122 117
Median TT (Days) 371 394 428 497 459 431 400 388 416 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 348 367 399 456 428 401 364 337 374 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 408 434 460 537 497 479 453 434 455 +
African American Number of Registrations 160 153 217 247 263 238 277 261 252 272
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 71 55 97 78 123 77 66 51 71
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 146 215 165 322 253 246 243 175 164 192
Median TT (Days) 412 603 484 939 644 691 705 494 501 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 338 516 381 727 550 531 562 411 385 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 739 1,186 778 + 928 947 886 632 + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 79 85 98 139 140 146 146 167 185 157
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 46 42 57 63 75 86 61 76 72 36
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 146 147 222 271 182 212 218 216 213 147
Median TT (Days) 378 342 801 811 617 500 528 623 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 236 238 527 582 418 450 422 442 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 531 435 1,014 1,650 853 661 820 808 + +
Asian Number of Registrations 16 9 15 25 26 22 20 39 27 26
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 83 46 164 108 78 64 2 30 60 106
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 165 300 640 231 115 154 72 246 187 348
Median TT (Days) 446 + 1,521 987 586 1,212 304 630 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 207 + 965 444 126 279 173 450 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 3 8 10 8 8 13 13 11 17 16
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 393 16 171 61 84 56 24 79 119 26
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 393 28 325 202 152 72 133 83 421 74
Median TT (Days) 1,044 298 1,801 310 354 536 676 1,007 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 393 219 325 267 156 73 133 135 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 921 + + + +


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.