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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Waitlist Center State 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
Alabama Number of Registrations 175 182 76 74 107 99 91 119 132 135
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 114 109 9 11 8 5 5 3 7 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 343 435 32 23 40 13 13 8 21 18
Median TT (Days) + + 162 108 170 62 52 41 53 67
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 90 63 87 33 38 23 42 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 485 234 313 113 83 80 71 96
Arkansas Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 20 40 36 39 50
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 2 5 9 12 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 9 23 24 55 52
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 46 54 88 164 213
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 27 28 40 97 131
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 212 322 474 304 +
Arizona Number of Registrations 121 166 157 181 198 222 220 251 241 292
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 31 16 28 21 8 27 14 14 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 216 74 125 106 65 168 125 88 186
Median TT (Days) 711 + 1,181 2,590 1,029 1,058 951 + 477 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 351 + 558 909 363 446 448 + 312 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
California Number of Registrations 1,796 1,967 1,782 1,784 1,644 1,562 1,716 1,662 1,615 1,633
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 38 26 23 13 9 11 12 13 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 399 279 186 201 157 104 116 158 164 202
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Colorado Number of Registrations 184 260 220 177 197 159 166 185 169 210
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 83 72 40 34 25 13 9 24 40 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 407 622 266 230 170 106 99 138 153 176
Median TT (Days) + + 2,306 + + 1,045 450 865 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,086 + + 442 338 426 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 1,645 + + +
Connecticut Number of Registrations 68 69 55 59 60 57 52 69 125 106
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 12 4 15 12 22 46 6 10 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 68 45 57 76 34 105 168 49 82 69
Median TT (Days) 290 354 + 1,152 595 251 458 236 508 419
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 209 244 + 242 109 168 227 141 282 243
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 456 + +
District of Columbia Number of Registrations 96 143 161 150 134 122 139 146 102 151
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 27 27 17 16 20 5 20 7 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 209 266 176 236 102 60 60 87 38 62
Median TT (Days) + + + + 908 732 235 322 153 174
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 263 220 179 251 107 155
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 827 669 508 225
Delaware Number of Registrations 42 48 36 20 27 19 14 13 11 10
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 36 37 10 58 19 13 9 3 2
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 378 421 99 104 142 34 91 111 4 76
Median TT (Days) + + 566 292 + 228 168 954 48 92
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 252 180 + 48 91 145 9 76
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Florida Number of Registrations 766 833 684 655 790 770 707 791 704 646
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 7 6 4 4 4 6 4 5 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 54 26 14 12 10 16 15 13 16
Median TT (Days) 256 214 104 60 50 55 54 50 50 54
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 199 181 77 51 39 44 48 44 41 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 317 258 138 73 58 65 72 61 61 63
Georgia Number of Registrations 155 188 191 192 245 235 268 257 250 253
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 61 14 13 10 9 6 4 4 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 221 104 95 64 46 28 18 14 22
Median TT (Days) 286 1,415 678 1,123 1,125 369 398 250 133 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 201 702 430 507 375 249 187 126 83 63
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 401 + + + + 877 1,041 634 323 129
Hawaii Number of Registrations 19 15 18 17 20 33 25 21 27 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 10 11 87 2 5 27 70 27 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 48 182 91 191 33 66 67 102 164 41
Median TT (Days) 339 + 185 300 + 186 525 582 828 79
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 93 + 121 211 + 120 105 118 292 42
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Iowa Number of Registrations 65 50 50 44 45 42 41 39 47 52
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 6 6 8 21 18 23 27 7 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 51 22 34 112 60 69 84 76 96
Median TT (Days) 86 127 75 307 + 159 379 887 314 167
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 48 94 47 62 + 80 156 152 170 133
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 222 687 151 1,964 + 923 + + + 399
Illinois Number of Registrations 597 585 422 505 516 471 476 475 450 444
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 67 24 7 7 6 6 7 9 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 455 395 138 33 39 34 21 40 42 42
Median TT (Days) + + + 342 273 214 142 225 235 272
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 231 185 159 112 162 178 186
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 579 481 302 230 338 473 384
Indiana Number of Registrations 118 100 114 156 212 229 184 200 157 203
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 145 8 5 4 5 4 6 6 5 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 385 106 14 8 10 10 18 17 13 23
Median TT (Days) 1,004 326 73 27 37 38 68 52 53 96
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 777 236 30 18 29 28 51 41 31 64
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 498 115 33 65 52 97 68 87 143
Kansas Number of Registrations 47 43 32 41 59 78 63 82 121 129
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 12 2 7 6 11 9 6 6 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 44 7 37 48 24 14 10 16 29
Median TT (Days) 44 93 62 164 209 205 52 57 86 165
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 29 68 24 68 78 94 29 35 46 116
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 81 128 147 + 485 361 185 112 160 390
Kentucky Number of Registrations 92 88 103 92 132 130 125 126 135 104
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 70 20 7 10 7 8 7 12 13 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 142 53 43 31 22 23 26 39 38 16
Median TT (Days) 454 390 322 97 112 104 124 284 219 100
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 270 274 165 65 64 73 45 112 103 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 1,608 653 362 285 277 273 + + 240
Louisiana Number of Registrations 151 217 185 239 250 193 184 218 201 204
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 7 5 6 5 5 5 4 7 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 82 42 41 18 15 16 20 15 23 13
Median TT (Days) 344 552 169 110 81 104 113 81 85 54
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 222 374 134 75 64 68 77 53 62 39
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 511 888 344 185 147 163 190 127 144 70
Massachusetts Number of Registrations 466 391 321 396 346 416 353 306 380 403
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 45 42 21 29 50 32 20 18 25 25
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 392 257 177 143 197 160 101 115 140 110
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 1,727 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 930 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Maryland Number of Registrations 233 180 185 240 192 189 171 220 195 201
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 108 20 53 16 11 9 8 5 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 308 674 116 469 170 83 34 36 34 53
Median TT (Days) + + + + 2,124 1,202 960 619 510 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 614 524 176 302 138 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Michigan Number of Registrations 227 283 192 248 278 287 270 241 296 314
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 71 14 9 6 6 8 6 6 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 322 219 96 51 19 20 30 39 20 27
Median TT (Days) 2,503 1,247 526 350 183 144 206 168 165 200
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,113 655 275 230 104 108 122 113 96 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,405 487 338 252 377 258 336 394
Minnesota Number of Registrations 406 336 277 253 274 286 292 271 266 269
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 59 80 32 18 26 17 19 16 9 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 277 326 226 105 143 91 68 109 73 76
Median TT (Days) + 1,857 2,735 513 599 344 463 324 224 332
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,160 1,039 326 335 250 345 236 189 244
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 1,141 1,664 723 764 546 306 +
Missouri Number of Registrations 177 191 154 164 205 195 200 193 204 247
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 60 13 9 8 6 7 7 5 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 201 331 76 41 45 20 20 24 23 22
Median TT (Days) 1,134 + 485 318 280 110 79 79 101 173
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 564 + 229 180 165 69 58 52 85 115
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 816 646 156 109 126 191 242
North Carolina Number of Registrations 381 298 278 294 230 237 221 192 219 245
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 65 66 19 41 26 9 11 10 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 471 323 235 288 112 54 45 57 40 39
Median TT (Days) + + + + 1,218 941 528 324 316 174
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 647 468 273 173 158 114
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 1,568 943 + 317
Nebraska Number of Registrations 163 167 145 147 147 171 180 155 145 156
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 21 24 19 5 10 10 12 10 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 126 73 47 30 44 28 34 38 34
Median TT (Days) 278 360 234 156 129 158 106 105 136 206
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 182 309 165 108 83 113 67 80 99 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 437 1,006 562 308 189 236 181 246 227 366
New Jersey Number of Registrations 132 139 135 169 139 161 116 121 85 106
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 10 15 6 5 10 5 7 10 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 75 47 39 20 30 46 23 24 35
Median TT (Days) 320 397 440 674 174 290 206 92 94 137
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 182 212 173 208 99 97 147 64 45 82
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 518 987 + + 568 793 992 357 + 418
New Mexico Number of Registrations 14 0 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 + + + + + + + + + +
New York Number of Registrations 1,062 1,198 919 945 1,027 1,137 1,126 969 897 820
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 27 12 15 11 10 6 10 13 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 307 159 93 117 78 82 29 72 119 111
Median TT (Days) + + 2,161 2,035 827 756 338 997 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,320 1,088 583 505 228 579 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 1,738 1,377 852 + + +
Ohio Number of Registrations 332 293 244 259 321 408 398 396 387 417
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 14 20 10 6 6 7 9 11 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 135 123 95 27 19 26 35 46 42 48
Median TT (Days) 729 852 601 145 109 220 218 211 233 328
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 492 530 373 107 73 136 140 155 158 192
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,588 218 157 350 298 337 366 537
Oklahoma Number of Registrations 78 95 62 81 69 92 107 92 118 113
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 32 21 7 6 11 14 10 13 54
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 104 103 108 25 16 41 61 41 43 172
Median TT (Days) 268 401 1,160 159 125 128 370 763 422 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 186 230 399 69 66 75 209 139 170 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 657 866 + 475 194 356 1,182 + + +
Oregon Number of Registrations 86 69 101 83 96 91 93 90 90 79
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 33 31 19 18 17 29 13 15 34 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 149 144 135 58 117 137 46 70 96 78
Median TT (Days) 564 1,625 1,888 1,038 1,211 944 544 504 382 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 200 392 565 272 483 563 145 141 212 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Pennsylvania Number of Registrations 909 823 727 977 954 961 929 964 999 1,025
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 36 13 9 8 9 14 13 14 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 299 197 57 33 35 42 67 77 97 113
Median TT (Days) + + 966 334 281 285 482 890 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 476 209 195 217 356 603 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 446 424 404 780 + + +
South Carolina Number of Registrations 122 108 73 54 56 77 79 79 80 78
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 9 11 17 8 6 3 3 5 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 64 53 30 28 22 10 9 12 16
Median TT (Days) 189 188 259 113 125 105 39 46 42 38
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 137 126 127 77 39 44 29 25 27 26
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 408 291 + 300 714 198 82 86 70 71
Tennessee Number of Registrations 233 205 176 191 181 170 210 291 295 245
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 52 61 14 8 10 8 5 7 6 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 212 303 90 43 90 38 16 26 26 11
Median TT (Days) 944 + 1,001 616 799 328 49 129 129 36
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 498 + 470 275 362 174 36 99 96 23
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,783 2,024 1,458 611 82 205 180 48
Texas Number of Registrations 778 804 770 841 1,015 986 1,095 1,152 1,358 1,232
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 45 14 11 9 8 10 8 13 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 206 228 88 68 46 36 40 37 77 114
Median TT (Days) 697 1,725 675 589 586 379 681 475 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 555 1,022 519 419 415 297 439 373 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,000 + 1,090 1,137 904 628 1,079 749 + +
Utah Number of Registrations 68 67 57 65 58 82 125 106 105 93
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 72 14 5 10 9 19 13 13 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 80 152 60 20 29 28 59 104 96 47
Median TT (Days) 287 381 177 73 70 117 403 545 445 233
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 192 241 94 54 53 70 183 341 232 138
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 679 925 508 152 121 367 586 + + +
Virginia Number of Registrations 220 264 204 194 217 172 182 168 196 202
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 67 31 16 22 19 8 4 6 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 176 247 143 78 103 76 32 20 26 31
Median TT (Days) 616 + 1,701 792 1,409 381 289 117 125 122
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 379 + 723 403 553 203 130 80 94 78
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 869 543 172 212 269
Washington Number of Registrations 141 98 114 140 210 231 185 186 130 123
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 26 10 6 4 10 11 10 10 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 204 105 42 24 16 32 42 34 40 36
Median TT (Days) 603 350 216 108 104 284 280 251 569 150
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 433 207 133 74 68 170 146 153 220 103
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,834 614 392 236 175 557 524 657 + 247
Wisconsin Number of Registrations 160 163 225 197 207 197 194 201 205 258
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 15 7 6 6 4 6 6 6 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 47 26 27 28 15 21 25 16 29
Median TT (Days) 307 170 94 149 188 101 111 86 91 198
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 169 116 74 110 107 53 88 68 55 139
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 473 232 170 212 283 204 178 169 147 348


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.