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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 1,909 1,949 1,808 1,887 1,909 1,471 1,668 1,835 1,881 2,148
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 113 88 82 88 48 19 9 11 11 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 356 288 251 241 186 57 31 35 35 32
Median TT (Days) 1,555 1,162 1,023 892 783 205 134 141 148 135
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,175 969 868 756 659 183 114 127 131 118
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 3,325 1,618 1,258 1,136 940 238 151 157 167 150
Yes Number of Registrations 65 83 79 66 91 93 108 124 124 132
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 33 9 23 37 20 4 8 6 11 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 810 267 206 334 150 26 27 31 33 38
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 84 132 191 143 151
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 67 88 99 86 103
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 218 1,128 396 351 350


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.