Table KI 6.3. Kidney transplant waitlist activity among pediatric candidates.

Candidates concurrently listed at more than one center are counted once, from the time of earliest listing to the time of latest removal. Candidates who are listed, undergo transplant, and are relisted are counted more than once. Candidates are not considered to be on the list on the day they are removed; counts on January 1 may differ from counts on December 31 of the prior year. Candidates listed for multi-organ transplants are included.

	2012	2013	2014
Patients at start of year	1,278	1,301	1,361
Patients added during year	884	907	1,002
Patients removed during year	861	844	883
Patients at end of year	1,301	1,364	1,480
Removal reason
Deceased donor transplant	562	557	575
Living donor transplant	212	217	238
Transplant (type unspecified)	2	0	0
Patient died	22	15	22
Patient refused transplant	2	0	2
Improved, transplant not needed	8	4	2
Too sick for transplant	5	8	8
Other	48	43	36