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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 3,293 3,233 3,083 2,794 2,746 2,674 2,881 2,940 3,214 3,338
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 15 15 14 12 10 8 8 12 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 50 46 43 37 33 26 25 37 55
Median TT (Days) 327 251 224 203 163 126 109 112 161 228
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 289 220 203 176 150 116 98 103 146 205
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 287 252 231 182 145 122 124 180 249
Yes Number of Registrations 156 167 147 145 136 162 156 172 170 177
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 11 9 9 16 8 10 7 11 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 67 76 58 70 41 32 30 51 89
Median TT (Days) 549 + 678 362 263 290 204 205 275 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 152 + 290 191 169 150 127 97 160 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 1,094 824 426 971 925 +


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.