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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Blood Type Year of Waiting List Registration
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Number of Registrations 3,449 3,400 3,230 2,939 2,882 2,836 3,037 3,112 3,384 3,515
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 14 14 14 12 10 9 8 12 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 57 51 46 44 38 33 26 25 38 56
Median TT (Days) 328 264 230 209 166 131 111 114 166 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 290 232 207 181 153 120 101 104 151 212
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 369 300 259 233 185 149 124 127 186 256
O Number of Registrations 1,517 1,504 1,367 1,291 1,301 1,272 1,345 1,352 1,557 1,588
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 28 26 22 20 19 17 14 20 34
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 112 95 87 76 68 61 52 49 69 108
Median TT (Days) 771 583 416 447 318 278 212 225 316 436
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 597 464 340 361 268 238 183 184 269 362
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,297 757 529 606 377 354 252 285 377 538
A Number of Registrations 1,362 1,318 1,334 1,132 1,080 1,071 1,159 1,220 1,244 1,328
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 11 10 10 8 6 6 7 10 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 36 36 33 25 22 20 18 31 43
Median TT (Days) 222 166 145 137 115 86 70 83 111 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 189 135 120 120 98 76 60 74 98 142
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 278 200 165 167 140 102 84 96 129 185
B Number of Registrations 414 423 407 398 375 375 399 418 452 453
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 11 11 12 10 10 7 7 8 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 37 36 35 31 24 18 18 27 36
Median TT (Days) 152 165 163 123 108 91 68 70 102 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 125 134 124 104 81 74 53 56 81 96
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 221 232 241 177 143 108 97 99 136 175
AB Number of Registrations 156 155 122 118 126 118 134 122 130 146
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 7 6 8 8 6 5 4 5 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 17 23 18 18 9 11 8 11 14
Median TT (Days) 68 57 84 56 56 31 36 26 31 59
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 39 40 43 37 43 18 22 17 24 40
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 143 81 235 92 93 45 52 36 41 73
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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.