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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Number of Registrations 3,429 3,370 3,190 2,923 2,856 2,811 3,010 3,091 3,354 3,487
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 14 14 14 12 10 9 8 12 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 53 47 44 38 34 26 26 38 57
Median TT (Days) 329 269 230 211 169 131 112 115 166 239
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 293 237 206 184 155 120 101 105 151 213
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 371 306 259 237 186 150 125 127 187 257
Nonresident Alien Number of Registrations 19 30 30 16 26 22 25 20 29 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 9 6 3 4 6 2 4 7 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 19 14 7 11 8 20 14 20 26
Median TT (Days) 43 56 78 19 36 61 68 25 130 133
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 18 25 30 8 16 21 22 16 67 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 139 + 60 164 198 366 77 + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 1 0 10 0 0 3 2 1 1 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 294 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 294 + + + +
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.