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Table 5.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Kidney Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Number of Registrations 22,285 22,336 23,483 24,411 27,123 29,140 31,501 32,862 33,052 34,091
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 113 115 107 107 111 108 106 121 119 121
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 339 348 340 354 358 344 361 407 427 449
Median TT (Days) 1,205 1,185 1,150 1,156 1,225 1,277 1,297 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,173 1,151 1,120 1,123 1,189 1,240 1,260 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,241 1,222 1,183 1,191 1,263 1,322 1,332 + + +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 7 4 2 10 14 8 16 14 16 19
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 202 251 65 48 7 26 9 73 116 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 339 251 65 164 83 125 84 97 260 72
Median TT (Days) + 286 65 238 189 346 283 326 544 228
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 251 65 164 165 125 147 240 366 156
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 1,308 + + 874 + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 84 110 111 105 127 125 135 166 150 157
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 38 40 39 28 37 28 27 28 38 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 128 94 93 89 99 102 65 96 98 85
Median TT (Days) 324 207 195 241 227 242 210 269 237 247
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 205 172 182 198 204 172 151 221 180 163
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 399 252 262 303 309 287 332 382 297 331
6-11 Years Number of Registrations 141 179 149 161 197 186 184 170 210 170
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 57 48 46 31 36 23 38 30 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 95 146 135 125 91 119 64 67 85 57
Median TT (Days) 373 396 369 389 240 321 217 219 250 155
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 266 293 296 283 163 237 153 162 192 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 465 474 409 452 350 386 306 306 321 204
12-17 Years Number of Registrations 353 383 436 495 534 509 585 524 576 527
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 51 50 50 45 40 26 22 32 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 121 148 147 143 131 114 68 63 84 70
Median TT (Days) 360 436 478 465 368 272 201 232 255 214
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 300 366 409 363 318 240 168 191 225 181
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 456 555 551 557 410 316 242 280 294 254
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 3,492 3,569 3,666 3,703 3,853 4,030 4,050 4,074 4,146 4,115
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 102 107 105 95 99 97 98 114 93 101
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 285 309 299 313 284 296 293 346 299 334
Median TT (Days) 930 990 976 959 982 1,035 1,054 1,171 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 878 920 913 899 919 949 982 1,098 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,009 1,048 1,062 1,017 1,044 1,124 1,137 1,248 + +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 7,478 7,228 7,457 7,520 8,020 8,667 8,983 9,473 9,076 9,341
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 117 121 113 116 120 120 124 133 128 140
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 337 362 375 378 386 369 410 433 472 520
Median TT (Days) 1,186 1,179 1,197 1,208 1,265 1,274 1,374 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,143 1,125 1,135 1,152 1,206 1,207 1,318 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,238 1,242 1,253 1,283 1,340 1,345 1,441 + + +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 8,417 8,516 9,142 9,505 10,889 11,761 13,068 13,633 13,828 14,285
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 126 126 111 113 122 117 118 133 136 140
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 385 391 372 387 415 379 400 463 506 540
Median TT (Days) 1,417 1,364 1,306 1,290 1,452 1,470 1,399 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,338 1,308 1,243 1,223 1,372 1,397 1,339 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,499 1,458 1,373 1,364 1,530 1,524 1,471 + + +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 2,313 2,347 2,520 2,912 3,489 3,854 4,480 4,808 5,050 5,477
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 128 117 109 113 131 118 113 143 137 143
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 388 373 335 388 376 399 381 471 509 544
Median TT (Days) + 2,176 1,371 1,500 1,689 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,566 1,240 1,267 1,449 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,555 1,869 + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have been 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.