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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Heart Beginning Status 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
1A Number of Registrations 885 902 944 787 760 736 742 867 993 985
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 18 19 16 15 11 10 9 16 22
Median TT (Days) 94 97 91 69 65 53 42 32 59 84
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 77 78 74 54 57 47 35 27 51 70
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 127 130 124 86 83 64 50 42 73 99
1B Number of Registrations 712 776 734 740 759 782 920 923 1,107 1,164
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 13 12 11 9 9 8 8 11 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 30 31 30 26 23 20 20 34 53
Median TT (Days) 114 94 84 92 91 81 65 66 115 183
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 97 82 76 81 76 70 58 60 101 159
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 142 114 107 108 116 95 75 78 136 210
2 Number of Registrations 1,792 1,661 1,477 1,335 1,268 1,208 1,244 1,179 1,129 1,202
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 45 42 42 31 26 22 27 40 50
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 150 130 127 117 93 76 63 86 109 146
Median TT (Days) 641 495 462 460 327 239 235 314 452 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 566 429 407 386 283 212 213 281 378 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 766 590 526 543 385 284 265 383 536 +
Other Number of Registrations 60 61 75 77 95 110 131 143 155 164
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 35 79 36 28 25 16 25 29 49
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 109 167 177 69 81 59 49 84 86 137
Median TT (Days) 2,995 + + 1,083 559 217 259 209 312 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 271 + + 236 271 122 161 140 207 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 575 + +


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.