Kidney and pancreas transplantation in 2005 improved in quantity and outcome quality,
despite the increasing average age of kidney graft recipients, with 56% aged 50 or older.
Geography and ABO blood type contribute to the discrepancy in waiting time among the
deceased donor (DD) candidates. Allocation policy changes are decreasing the median
times to transplant for pediatric recipients. Overall, 6% more DD kidney transplants were
performed in 2005 with slight increases in standard criteria donors (SCD) and expanded …

This article examines OPTN/SRTR data on kidney and pancreas transplantation for 2004
and the previous decade, and discusses recent changes in kidney-pancreas (KP) allocation
policy and emerging issues in kidney donation after cardiac death (DCD). Although the
number of kidney donors continues to increase, new waiting list registrations again
outpaced the number of kidney transplants performed, rising by 11% between 2003 and
2004 and contributing to a 1-year increase of 8% in the number of patients active on the …