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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Lung 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 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 2,000 1,564 1,776 1,959 2,005 2,280
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 110 86 80 87 45 18 9 11 11 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 358 284 250 240 184 54 31 35 35 33
Median TT (Days) 1,639 1,223 1,057 924 792 200 134 142 148 136
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,217 980 877 768 666 176 114 127 132 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 1,983 1,296 1,157 965 228 151 157 167 151
<1 Year Number of Registrations 9 9 10 7 5 4 5 10 11 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 34 18 10 35 27 17 1 33 72 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 156 + 87 44 83 17 9 50 72 56
Median TT (Days) + + + 86 103 90 15 + + 113
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 44 83 17 9 + + 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 10 13 14 5 15 15 10 16 7 13
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 25 58 + 81 36 31 6 13 53
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 219 207 + + 90 68 36 59 96
Median TT (Days) + + 450 + + + 113 1,124 356 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 358 + + + 68 53 59 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
6-11 Years Number of Registrations 39 27 22 26 32 20 17 19 14 19
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 98 251 61 101 31 12 9 194 92 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 435 883 202 250 174 54 53 305 154 50
Median TT (Days) 1,460 + 867 1,372 + 1,359 214 + 562 231
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 617 + 249 426 + 520 54 + 200 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
12-17 Years Number of Registrations 73 87 60 56 69 58 55 46 48 69
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 143 73 136 42 23 9 35 27 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 362 783 467 314 307 107 40 105 49 35
Median TT (Days) 1,324 + 2,817 + + 521 553 249 117 210
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 927 + 840 + + 211 151 184 87 116
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 241 505
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 320 333 280 268 309 215 249 236 215 273
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 151 116 121 39 24 9 12 13 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 601 506 391 343 204 81 36 57 49 47
Median TT (Days) + + 1,926 1,765 1,185 345 173 184 151 215
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,019 1,199 673 223 104 149 124 145
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 653 254 271 243 290
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 584 498 480 454 438 316 291 306 326 336
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 148 105 93 114 61 25 11 13 15 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 537 430 334 350 230 76 35 35 57 43
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 402 157 212 233 181
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 264 122 128 180 131
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 642 265 299 316 239
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 915 1,016 964 1,050 1,040 831 970 1,059 1,032 1,109
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 75 74 79 48 16 10 11 11 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 284 200 219 217 174 49 33 35 32 39
Median TT (Days) 874 745 764 661 563 167 139 141 153 142
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 781 665 684 603 492 142 116 122 129 122
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,032 821 903 763 690 194 163 160 182 186
65+ Years Number of Registrations 24 49 57 87 92 105 179 267 352 454
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 79 59 56 26 6 6 7 9 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 62 168 100 103 77 24 18 20 25 17
Median TT (Days) 317 470 357 228 219 81 52 57 73 60
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 174 242 179 167 118 52 41 48 58 46
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 617 467 124 71 78 91 77


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.