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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver 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 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
No Number of Registrations 9,767 9,869 8,570 9,270 9,892 10,018 10,096 10,200 10,322 10,420
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 38 16 12 9 9 9 9 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 209 180 87 60 48 44 41 44 49 55
Median TT (Days) 2,855 2,215 913 554 410 336 320 341 395 399
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 2,016 1,815 786 490 363 300 287 312 363 365
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,060 636 462 371 354 377 431 461
Yes Number of Registrations 1,113 1,257 1,075 1,054 966 969 941 883 854 842
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 60 27 22 12 9 12 14 16 16
Median TT (Days) + + + 1,260 256 94 85 121 168 150
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 323 166 63 65 91 116 109
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 569 125 107 161 254 224


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.