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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Number of Registrations 10,658 10,932 9,507 10,224 10,767 10,894 10,946 10,987 11,068 11,170
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 30 14 10 8 8 8 8 9 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 195 172 81 56 44 38 37 41 46 50
Median TT (Days) 2,946 3,231 977 562 407 300 289 320 379 382
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 2,057 2,147 839 492 362 280 261 292 344 343
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,113 643 460 335 324 347 414 417
Nonresident Alien Number of Registrations 194 170 119 88 86 90 91 95 106 92
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 6 7 6 5 6 5 9 7 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 31 31 21 16 18 19 28 18 35
Median TT (Days) 1,015 361 284 230 82 68 122 275 230 252
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 371 162 104 67 34 36 62 92 118 115
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 156 105 264 + 718 +
Unknown Number of Registrations 28 24 19 12 5 3 0 1 2 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.