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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2025 Feb;25(2 Suppl 1):S22–S137. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.01.020

Table KI 3: Listing characteristics of adults on the kidney transplant waiting list on December 31, 2013, December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2023.

Candidates waiting for transplant on December 31 of the given year, regardless of first listing date.

2013
2018
2023
Characteristic N Percent N Percent N Percent

Waiting time (years)
 <1 year 32215 30.8 31575 31.2 34136 36
 1-<2 23341 22.3 20369 20.1 21407 22.6
 2-<3 16530 15.8 15301 15.1 13912 14.7
 3-<5 19386 18.5 18962 18.7 14858 15.7
 5+ 13243 12.6 14959 14.8 10488 11.1
Previous transplant
 No prior transplant 89153 85.1 88928 87.9 84428 89.1
 Prior transplant 15562 14.9 12238 12.1 10373 10.9
All candidates
 All candidates 104715 100 101166 100 94801 100