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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 1,674 1,714 1,566 1,649 1,676 1,294 1,455 1,607 1,635 1,887
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 104 83 73 81 43 17 9 11 10 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 341 265 236 226 174 49 30 35 35 29
Median TT (Days) 1,208 980 891 809 697 181 128 136 141 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,008 914 769 699 597 157 108 120 126 104
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,702 1,224 1,086 985 845 204 148 153 163 136
African American Number of Registrations 175 201 178 173 178 130 175 165 197 208
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 166 104 136 194 81 22 13 12 14 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 405 446 476 403 278 82 31 35 39 59
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 421 132 276 208 250
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 228 101 140 140 170
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 1,428 183 400 316 411
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 93 87 92 97 116 88 111 147 121 137
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 189 112 126 85 53 19 11 8 14 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 789 502 299 322 136 88 36 35 40 41
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 709 192 168 126 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 283 119 94 92 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 329 194 286
Asian Number of Registrations 27 25 37 23 21 37 20 28 32 41
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 436 219 158 79 25 14 10 28 11 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 904 514 101 514 115 23 33 27 50
Median TT (Days) + + + 1,213 + + 262 130 159 314
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 250 + + 44 70 58 162
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 5 5 10 11 9 15 15 12 20 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 60 229 43 150 86 62 6 5 22 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 424 + 58 389 203 205 160 36 63 116
Median TT (Days) + + + + 311 + 284 157 565 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 203 + 203 36 104 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 776 + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 273 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 273 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + 301 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 273 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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.