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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Gender 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
Female Number of Registrations 1,054 1,061 993 988 1,038 778 863 898 908 1,018
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 142 100 99 119 64 24 13 21 20 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 436 378 289 340 218 72 50 55 68 59
Median TT (Days) + 2,620 1,191 1,633 1,611 298 251 286 294 233
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,223 981 1,164 957 238 200 235 245 204
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 2,040 + + 384 312 337 349 285
Male Number of Registrations 920 971 894 965 962 786 913 1,061 1,097 1,262
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 74 63 62 32 12 8 8 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 286 221 207 186 145 40 22 23 25 20
Median TT (Days) 1,032 910 901 649 557 147 80 88 89 86
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 880 763 728 574 458 125 68 75 75 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,392 1,224 1,182 779 662 176 89 104 103 103


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.