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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Liver Beginning Status 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
1 Number of Registrations 772 830 734 742 753 553 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 2 2 2 2 2 2 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 3 3 3 3 3 + + + +
Median TT (Days) 7 9 14 9 8 7 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 6 7 10 7 7 6 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 9 12 26 14 11 9 + + + +
1A Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 245 605 593 561 531
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 2 2 2 2 2
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 3 3 3 3 3
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 7 6 5 6 6
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 5 5 5 5 5
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 10 8 7 8 7
1B Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 14 16 22 28 11
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 3 3 4 3 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 5 6 13 10 5
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + 41 189 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + 19 15 12
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
2A Number of Registrations 415 493 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 4 4 8 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 12 20 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 31 67 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 21 49 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 106 108 + + + + + + + +
2B Number of Registrations 2,952 3,003 469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 29 24 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 90 88 59 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 391 373 269 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 355 326 193 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 444 423 415 + + + + + + +
3 Number of Registrations 6,358 6,112 826 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 143 129 112 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 436 389 326 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 6-10 Number of Registrations 0 0 1,386 1,808 1,714 1,716 1,739 1,784 1,740 1,674
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 86 50 56 53 54 74 74 86
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 566 324 307 268 288 300 303 299
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 11-14 Number of Registrations 0 0 1,738 2,298 2,433 2,304 2,346 2,197 2,237 2,211
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 74 52 52 65 68 77 94 93
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 273 217 203 234 231 251 322 315
Median TT (Days) + + 2,204 2,126 1,651 1,662 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,518 1,587 1,277 1,296 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 15-20 Number of Registrations 1 0 1,733 2,197 2,329 2,484 2,476 2,430 2,399 2,472
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 + 29 24 24 18 21 25 29 34
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 + 102 74 70 60 58 71 85 100
Median TT (Days) 1 + 479 376 297 253 251 321 373 494
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 396 320 260 228 223 281 332 399
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 601 414 351 279 294 388 425 +
MELD 21-30 Number of Registrations 1 0 849 1,174 1,427 1,510 1,551 1,585 1,609 1,672
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 + 9 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 + 25 19 14 14 13 13 13 15
Median TT (Days) 1 + 127 83 55 52 43 45 62 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 104 66 47 44 37 40 55 50
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 165 98 63 60 47 54 74 67
MELD 30 Number of Registrations 0 0 405 542 647 750 751 812 865 880
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5
Median TT (Days) + + 29 25 14 16 14 15 14 15
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 22 17 12 14 12 12 12 12
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 88 33 18 20 17 19 18 17
PELD <11 Number of Registrations 0 0 231 288 289 225 210 193 222 228
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 32 23 21 30 19 15 15 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 73 60 59 68 54 43 41 42
Median TT (Days) + + 217 192 176 180 148 145 134 124
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 169 163 144 140 115 96 102 97
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 282 246 233 242 199 199 179 179
PELD 11-14 Number of Registrations 0 0 79 81 73 74 75 68 65 52
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 15 26 25 31 24 17 28 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 78 43 54 64 56 36 62 36
Median TT (Days) + + 234 121 146 111 143 152 134 125
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 138 76 110 96 78 96 94 80
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 430 169 332 162 538 322 241 243
PELD 15-20 Number of Registrations 0 0 82 112 98 108 94 121 77 84
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 33 26 11 32 21 12 14 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 49 49 38 68 50 27 39 39
Median TT (Days) + + 105 140 117 131 172 90 87 81
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 76 102 76 93 120 71 63 63
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 188 251 158 191 258 121 195 107
PELD 21-30 Number of Registrations 0 0 63 61 74 86 95 83 81 76
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 6 12 14 11 8 11 6 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 25 35 27 29 23 25 18 12
Median TT (Days) + + 125 188 94 132 88 61 46 29
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 59 104 57 71 53 41 31 25
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 146 388 231 147 58 48
PELD 30 Number of Registrations 0 0 15 19 18 35 29 26 28 36
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 5 4 7 8 4 6 6 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 6 41 14 10 14 10 9 11
Median TT (Days) + + 15 118 48 27 22 37 22 29
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 7 44 19 16 17 14 9 20
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 57 + + + + + 44 76
HCC T1 Number of Registrations 0 0 71 68 26 5 7 8 10 5
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 23 15 6 92 65 49 4 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 33 41 22 118 107 66 39 66
Median TT (Days) + + 123 100 61 1,848 556 287 143 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 60 62 26 118 107 266 39 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 214 145 615 + + + + +
HCC T2 Number of Registrations 0 0 369 481 546 668 758 816 886 960
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 6 8 6 10 9 10 12 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 16 19 15 25 21 29 29 45
Median TT (Days) + + 41 64 57 75 72 83 83 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 34 57 45 64 61 71 74 118
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 48 78 74 89 87 95 98 145
Other Exceptions Number of Registrations 0 0 8 12 12 32 82 88 86 81
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 25 4 6 4 4 6 7 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 29 8 15 19 8 12 15 12
Median TT (Days) + + 69 12 34 49 27 33 37 30
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 40 9 18 38 19 20 26 16
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 241 141 169 46 48 45 49
Other Status Number of Registrations 381 688 486 441 419 178 203 257 282 289
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 72 70 29 36 15 12 26 16 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 304 948 + + 638 125 37 81 75 166
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 349 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 167 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 1,074 + + +


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.