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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 2,662 2,521 2,323 2,046 1,992 1,938 2,082 2,086 2,205 2,324
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 15 14 14 12 10 9 8 13 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 61 55 47 44 42 34 29 25 43 55
Median TT (Days) 359 272 225 218 172 129 124 119 188 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 309 238 203 190 156 116 112 105 167 205
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 412 313 255 253 196 151 141 137 206 257
African American Number of Registrations 477 496 529 520 532 542 567 592 728 720
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 14 16 16 10 12 9 9 10 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 62 50 50 49 32 39 22 29 35 76
Median TT (Days) 325 289 280 201 173 143 97 112 142 297
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 229 207 184 135 129 119 78 96 117 243
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 484 483 382 269 254 179 122 131 204 393
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 228 272 259 277 251 241 270 309 325 326
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 12 14 9 12 7 6 7 12 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 36 42 40 34 30 20 21 31 45
Median TT (Days) 208 164 184 162 138 161 77 110 114 198
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 143 121 141 105 101 108 58 70 88 159
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 330 346 330 281 248 311 104 171 188 269
Asian Number of Registrations 69 97 87 74 79 87 87 94 95 116
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 12 11 8 5 6 6 6 6 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 42 31 31 18 13 20 16 19 26
Median TT (Days) 106 155 203 124 90 60 58 42 62 89
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 43 91 77 87 51 33 41 31 36 65
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 207 306 + 413 184 110 98 79 114 140
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 13 14 31 22 28 28 31 31 31 29
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 24 39 19 5 9 24 5 17 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 93 124 67 19 35 37 63 51 76
Median TT (Days) 136 480 + 114 140 182 219 198 92 557
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 40 112 + 70 44 46 84 119 63 101
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 345 + + 800 380 + + + 371 +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.