Table KI 1.3. Kidney transplant waitlist activity among adults.

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	88,753	92,669	96,691
Patients added during year	30,345	31,598	31,288
Patients removed during year	26,388	27,522	29,023
Patients at end of year	92,710	96,745	98,956
Removal reason
Deceased donor transplant	11,032	11,278	11,594
Living donor transplant	4,935	5,100	5,082
Transplant (type unspecified)	56	54	56
Patient died	4,736	4,752	4,931
Patient refused transplant	443	455	483
Improved, transplant not needed	157	194	197
Too sick for transplant	2,511	2,886	3,384
Other	2,518	2,803	3,296