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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 7,941 7,980 6,902 7,392 7,834 7,818 7,723 7,759 7,736 7,774
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 33 15 10 9 8 9 9 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 194 168 84 56 43 38 37 43 46 48
Median TT (Days) 2,191 2,562 914 518 391 291 285 321 354 353
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,687 1,873 772 452 343 267 254 287 316 317
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,077 599 438 329 328 359 399 399
African American Number of Registrations 1,001 973 807 905 966 989 1,047 1,046 1,040 1,131
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 14 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 130 155 43 34 28 27 17 24 27 32
Median TT (Days) + 1,901 503 265 203 195 139 165 205 265
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,001 323 203 156 159 112 141 167 200
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,216 407 284 246 175 223 326 326
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,421 1,619 1,408 1,453 1,491 1,586 1,650 1,617 1,719 1,679
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 26 32 15 12 10 9 9 8 9 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 201 196 106 91 64 49 48 45 60 65
Median TT (Days) + + 2,301 1,550 860 677 490 517 777 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,314 1,088 601 475 361 395 518 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 1,464 931 777 781 + +
Asian Number of Registrations 455 493 438 482 467 490 513 549 561 548
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 11 10 10 6 4 10 8 10 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 322 113 58 63 33 37 55 36 52 61
Median TT (Days) + 1,974 538 796 294 210 334 244 408 403
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,078 300 379 208 176 242 198 274 302
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,268 + 666 322 584 342 628 +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 62 60 90 92 100 104 104 112 120 130
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 29 12 12 7 4 7 8 7 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 60 129 95 49 50 23 34 40 42 58
Median TT (Days) 2,576 + + 176 410 250 400 679 315 494
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 502 + + 95 177 122 155 289 169 245
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 595 + 577 + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
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.