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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Gender 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
Female Number of Registrations 890 895 911 810 812 784 816 845 946 990
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 11 10 13 9 8 8 7 11 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 38 34 41 30 28 26 23 33 45
Median TT (Days) 232 174 179 144 143 121 99 107 128 224
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 186 145 149 122 112 100 84 90 108 183
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 298 228 240 210 170 151 127 138 161 269
Male Number of Registrations 2,559 2,505 2,319 2,129 2,070 2,052 2,221 2,267 2,438 2,525
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 15 16 14 13 10 9 8 12 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 65 58 56 46 41 37 26 26 41 62
Median TT (Days) 365 302 247 222 179 139 116 117 181 242
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 324 262 222 200 159 122 103 105 160 213
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 424 349 290 263 203 157 132 130 203 262


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.