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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Number of Registrations 10,880 11,126 9,645 10,324 10,858 10,987 11,037 11,083 11,176 11,262
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 29 14 10 8 8 8 8 8 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 193 168 80 56 43 38 36 40 45 50
Median TT (Days) 3,119 3,295 977 562 400 296 286 319 376 382
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 2,113 2,162 838 492 355 278 259 292 341 342
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,117 643 446 329 317 346 410 414
Female Number of Registrations 4,377 4,348 3,689 3,883 3,979 3,862 4,034 4,037 4,071 4,122
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 23 23 14 9 8 7 8 8 7 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 194 183 104 62 53 45 40 50 51 55
Median TT (Days) + + 2,299 728 666 432 412 574 562 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,532 590 510 366 344 453 456 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 1,069 886 549 513 711 703 +
Male Number of Registrations 6,503 6,778 5,956 6,441 6,879 7,125 7,003 7,046 7,105 7,140
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 32 14 10 8 8 9 8 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 191 160 69 52 38 35 35 36 42 46
Median TT (Days) 1,731 1,837 678 476 321 259 242 251 311 316
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,376 1,435 595 415 289 235 220 228 283 292
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,484 2,528 792 561 368 284 272 281 349 349


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.