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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration 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
<1 Year Number of Registrations 141 178 186 132 168 140 169 169 223 213
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 11 19 9 12 14 7 8 12 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 45 55 27 40 39 22 21 42 31
Median TT (Days) 143 + + 107 154 151 65 127 119 109
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 60 + + 75 94 93 48 71 87 86
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 157 + 279 236
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 97 117 116 94 99 95 100 114 133 118
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 6 12 9 7 13 6 15 16 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 19 27 58 21 35 27 40 46 36
Median TT (Days) 171 95 124 645 57 134 71 112 108 153
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 88 49 59 112 42 81 56 85 78 83
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 461 321 375 + 124 278 159 261 149 273
6-11 Years Number of Registrations 62 59 92 91 76 75 74 69 87 77
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 4 7 9 8 8 9 6 8 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 17 22 20 22 15 29 19 21 44
Median TT (Days) 70 39 84 61 112 88 102 56 85 148
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 45 25 35 39 72 40 58 40 61 82
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 105 92 163 91 358 219 167 106 128 223
12-17 Years Number of Registrations 116 125 115 134 116 145 138 127 115 141
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 10 8 9 8 5 6 5 7 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 31 22 24 21 13 14 10 20 22
Median TT (Days) 110 137 92 75 70 64 52 39 59 68
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 65 89 64 56 53 41 29 31 48 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 168 316 179 125 120 88 107 63 92 107
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 279 337 329 309 337 324 312 325 337 336
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 14 13 20 12 9 8 7 15 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 46 45 50 46 37 25 20 41 66
Median TT (Days) 278 248 211 218 217 129 133 98 184 260
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 159 185 142 157 158 114 92 64 136 187
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 547 331 362 307 346 185 181 131 261 441
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 763 717 669 640 589 568 638 641 700 642
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 14 19 13 13 12 9 9 11 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 70 58 54 48 48 43 32 30 42 65
Median TT (Days) 398 269 275 217 217 141 136 123 194 275
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 306 216 220 164 171 114 111 107 159 223
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 568 416 352 301 264 169 176 158 258 325
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 1,716 1,618 1,476 1,317 1,284 1,242 1,332 1,335 1,413 1,562
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 19 15 16 13 9 10 9 13 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 73 70 59 52 47 35 28 27 42 62
Median TT (Days) 377 304 255 261 175 164 123 128 201 250
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 326 260 223 220 153 142 103 111 172 225
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 446 361 297 328 199 192 148 156 232 288
65+ Years Number of Registrations 275 247 239 220 210 246 272 332 375 426
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 9 12 12 6 8 6 7 10 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 54 35 35 39 22 25 24 19 32 71
Median TT (Days) 312 137 135 157 85 74 76 103 140 291
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 207 100 89 102 57 63 63 68 119 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 470 273 194 249 149 94 104 156 187 430
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 2 8 2 3 1 2 0 1 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 240 26 + 86 49 17 + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 240 133 + 86 49 17 + + +
Median TT (Days) + 240 160 + 94 49 17 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 240 143 + 86 + 17 + + +
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.