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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 2000 to 2009

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Waitlist Center State 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
Alabama Number of Registrations 55 55 36 30 34 39 58 34 42 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 38 27 45 23 49 7 14 10 68 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 63 150 93 71 116 14 93 50 190 72
Median TT (Days) 597 + 411 206 1,044 108 + 193 + 184
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 91 + 230 141 429 67 + 79 + 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,659 + + + + 690 + + + +
Arkansas Number of Registrations 22 39 33 33 39 32 31 37 57 38
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 8 30 12 6 13 12 4 7 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 285 13 62 26 28 26 21 25 15 26
Median TT (Days) + 91 + 110 59 82 52 69 56 64
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 45 + 33 39 48 24 50 37 46
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 449 + 301 168 157 144 442 110 273
Arizona Number of Registrations 40 41 27 53 45 49 71 80 57 55
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 92 37 64 20 8 6 9 9 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 177 168 217 73 25 30 25 36 93
Median TT (Days) 889 511 1,653 676 299 133 103 109 554 335
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 315 367 663 347 184 86 77 72 109 179
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 738 456 218 245 + +
California Number of Registrations 382 384 418 344 323 315 343 371 370 380
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 9 9 8 8 5 5 6 7 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 39 41 34 23 24 12 13 13 18 34
Median TT (Days) 254 264 164 87 76 46 55 44 53 132
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 187 170 127 70 57 37 39 34 43 89
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 475 406 236 126 100 60 69 63 66 193
Colorado Number of Registrations 61 53 53 40 51 35 39 43 40 43
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 35 7 15 8 4 7 8 15 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 67 40 57 34 29 15 13 43 50
Median TT (Days) 197 271 154 122 112 120 64 43 95 117
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 122 157 90 80 94 50 35 37 70 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 597 + 713 355 158 604 258 88 153 313
Connecticut Number of Registrations 41 44 21 35 18 36 21 18 32 31
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 13 9 13 6 18 27 11 22 24
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 46 24 21 115 41 58 79 32 38 38
Median TT (Days) 2,854 174 211 767 195 148 432 72 117 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 145 81 49 388 57 85 108 39 55 53
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 357 271 +
District of Columbia Number of Registrations 16 9 17 9 20 9 18 17 16 23
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 4 146 42 10 6 19 182 137 145
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 110 175 255 90 23 7 122 458 238 333
Median TT (Days) 412 564 + + 127 22 306 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 190 175 + + 56 7 123 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Delaware Number of Registrations 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 4 6 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 10 + 57 63 +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 10 + 57 67 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 49 + 192 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 10 + 57 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Florida Number of Registrations 175 216 161 196 180 180 160 205 209 210
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 10 14 15 15 8 11 7 13 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 37 46 40 35 38 31 18 35 58
Median TT (Days) 247 201 173 156 119 121 78 60 120 186
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 166 125 109 126 85 92 58 47 93 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 401 394 286 261 252 187 126 94 198 236
Georgia Number of Registrations 74 55 43 68 75 65 79 71 53 67
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 5 20 7 15 17 6 8 9 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 54 20 31 58 34 60 26 24 22 19
Median TT (Days) 314 186 167 749 929 246 254 177 68 102
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 169 53 60 245 173 114 112 76 33 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,012 473 462 + + 1,062 + 458 524 318
Hawaii Number of Registrations 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 4 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 19 121 137 1 392 85 135 + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 19 121 137 1 392 85 135 + +
Median TT (Days) + 121 121 + 1 392 85 195 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 19 + + 1 392 + 135 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Iowa Number of Registrations 16 21 24 25 15 11 8 18 24 23
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 141 45 44 94 26 43 6 8 32 24
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 164 218 107 201 41 70 52 23 123 142
Median TT (Days) 443 + 468 + 358 + 214 93 309 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 331 + 143 + 84 + 182 53 227 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 266 + +
Illinois Number of Registrations 91 96 93 96 82 95 122 116 126 141
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 9 7 12 8 10 6 7 7 23
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 54 29 26 21 21 16 14 29 64
Median TT (Days) 110 183 120 72 123 64 66 79 105 162
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 69 135 67 45 77 46 35 53 69 115
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 190 333 205 113 217 232 104 144 153 322
Indiana Number of Registrations 57 64 54 61 55 47 54 53 65 60
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 37 17 21 35 25 18 14 22 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 117 65 49 63 68 49 51 43 36 71
Median TT (Days) 483 197 236 154 211 184 217 320 170 447
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 266 116 125 95 175 81 128 104 82 140
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 532 718 473 543 427 458 + 258 +
Kansas Number of Registrations 8 4 4 8 11 8 14 8 10 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 52 + 16 5 16 67 17 7 29 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 64 + 16 25 38 229 63 23 46 29
Median TT (Days) + + 282 151 312 349 187 439 240 29
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 16 31 62 229 94 156 46 29
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Kentucky Number of Registrations 66 54 49 43 57 41 30 26 34 62
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 18 38 10 17 21 9 8 13 25
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 189 119 112 48 153 88 63 20 34 299
Median TT (Days) + 340 292 394 568 555 648 + 277 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 254 182 179 334 173 168 + 96 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 786 +
Louisiana Number of Registrations 91 71 102 64 52 32 29 35 39 47
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 13 9 9 25 37 20 8 20 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 333 41 40 31 91 99 68 16 57 46
Median TT (Days) + 746 774 781 + 315 224 143 306 138
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 220 159 187 + 118 153 40 156 100
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Massachusetts Number of Registrations 85 118 91 83 100 80 87 105 135 128
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 18 22 34 19 29 14 18 12 44
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 45 64 58 94 52 119 49 64 50 102
Median TT (Days) 271 355 386 875 228 416 253 221 190 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 148 229 214 281 149 267 142 135 118 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 755 1,172 1,405 + 423 + 361 341 344 +
Maryland Number of Registrations 48 55 60 43 42 63 78 66 76 65
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 80 41 47 66 63 105 21 5 21 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 178 422 211 191 140 191 74 20 51 94
Median TT (Days) 879 1,827 1,293 + 1,099 + 365 78 401 291
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 536 659 664 + 283 + 140 47 187 183
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 705 362 + +
Michigan Number of Registrations 113 97 103 86 66 67 85 80 91 107
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 10 22 13 12 14 17 20 18 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 51 45 83 76 63 54 46 70 102 58
Median TT (Days) 235 218 689 338 290 182 191 294 360 279
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 128 113 309 167 160 120 106 208 198 163
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 422 430 + 687 700 352 337 706 + +
Minnesota Number of Registrations 77 80 105 76 103 102 94 100 94 84
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 38 47 32 18 40 34 32 37 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 191 174 168 88 72 94 103 133 127 119
Median TT (Days) 780 539 612 400 177 339 282 444 350 421
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 322 351 386 189 116 214 216 237 236 279
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 1,186 + 538 296 547 597 689 + +
Missouri Number of Registrations 104 92 103 70 71 90 125 107 146 121
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 16 15 18 19 8 9 5 10 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 47 43 41 56 24 25 21 37 41
Median TT (Days) 146 176 169 151 136 141 68 107 116 140
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 91 111 97 83 91 82 43 69 92 87
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 370 1,157 367 310 242 198 157 203 191 366
Mississippi Number of Registrations 11 12 11 15 11 13 10 12 15 17
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 26 52 37 12 85 13 17 7 6 59
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 38 111 49 41 94 49 72 19 57 163
Median TT (Days) 127 234 203 211 107 297 185 203 79 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 40 153 76 64 97 49 72 105 65 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 377 463 + + + + + + + +
North Carolina Number of Registrations 126 141 127 106 93 100 110 112 134 172
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 10 8 16 6 7 11 6 10 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 28 27 34 17 27 24 19 25 56
Median TT (Days) 196 86 85 120 52 79 87 64 82 193
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 89 69 58 80 32 64 61 48 55 139
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 300 126 165 172 162 126 156 145 190 393
Nebraska Number of Registrations 12 9 9 10 6 14 21 20 8 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 35 5 56 + 30 8 4 2 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 461 111 365 372 + 46 20 15 8 59
Median TT (Days) 787 299 + + + 192 48 79 26 165
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 461 111 + + + 94 25 35 21 117
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 84 329 + 275
New Jersey Number of Registrations 38 48 57 63 58 52 51 54 74 73
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 22 7 7 4 3 3 5 8 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 51 20 36 11 8 13 7 17 31
Median TT (Days) 104 127 87 207 68 47 42 16 97 90
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 38 109 53 75 20 14 28 11 44 50
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 736 379 171 773 148 74 88 42 223 197
New Mexico Number of Registrations 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 572 2 + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 572 2 + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + 2 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 2 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
New York Number of Registrations 241 275 281 223 222 217 209 220 235 251
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 15 17 11 13 12 10 12 28 25
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 38 37 36 40 44 34 55 78 87
Median TT (Days) 166 313 181 264 230 148 139 163 247 340
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 114 163 106 133 136 111 97 107 194 266
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 391 706 324 499 342 193 198 273 333 +
Ohio Number of Registrations 232 141 150 133 128 142 132 138 133 145
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 14 8 8 9 8 4 4 7 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 68 33 36 27 31 20 11 13 22 64
Median TT (Days) 346 194 171 100 129 85 46 82 161 359
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 232 111 129 57 82 47 29 35 96 211
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 891 358 311 160 253 123 66 146 342 +
Oklahoma Number of Registrations 53 41 45 27 32 37 22 25 33 23
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 18 41 48 8 20 10 7 21 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 54 128 105 16 99 31 60 176 74
Median TT (Days) 367 509 + + 53 170 356 926 + 306
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 127 138 + + 24 107 37 103 + 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 207 532 + + + +
Oregon Number of Registrations 39 32 26 22 13 23 28 19 25 28
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 15 7 8 5 8 3 7 10 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 38 27 21 8 13 8 12 34 28
Median TT (Days) 97 82 122 43 35 32 32 32 61 83
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 68 62 59 28 8 24 12 15 38 31
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 162 139 224 376 133 88 48 167 115 246
Pennsylvania Number of Registrations 347 303 276 215 225 203 266 266 254 284
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 17 19 15 16 11 8 10 12 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 68 82 54 49 42 37 22 25 38 37
Median TT (Days) 423 468 262 152 180 124 82 91 160 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 298 285 182 116 123 83 60 73 109 109
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 603 1,286 430 231 241 157 110 128 215 200
Puerto Rico Number of Registrations 16 15 13 18 17 15 14 15 11 13
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 10 31 3 6 3 47 2 16 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 22 141 20 13 11 60 2 44 22
Median TT (Days) 57 67 259 47 158 95 135 8 61 40
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 24 28 141 21 15 15 83 3 54 22
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 112 + + 312 + 235 263 + 159 +
South Carolina Number of Registrations 25 34 25 28 33 27 35 18 30 17
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 3 6 7 5 4 15 3 5 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 14 23 36 17 15 39 19 13 59
Median TT (Days) 41 45 59 233 55 43 111 98 73 171
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 27 20 36 73 26 20 60 22 17 116
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 69 80 226 + 194 204 313 + 266 +
Tennessee Number of Registrations 110 88 79 88 78 76 57 81 85 92
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 12 17 19 6 10 8 9 15 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 176 49 47 75 28 52 26 41 61 51
Median TT (Days) 560 320 155 195 154 311 245 250 221 243
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 391 147 105 110 90 93 76 155 140 131
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 311 695 515 945 790 + 332 +
Texas Number of Registrations 275 289 247 285 259 254 272 262 339 341
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 25 21 18 13 17 12 11 16 32
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 61 60 57 49 44 41 44 49 56 107
Median TT (Days) 207 196 209 239 237 184 174 155 301 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 148 139 162 160 153 106 122 118 208 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 364 321 327 419 339 276 234 206 647 +
Utah Number of Registrations 35 49 43 38 44 45 44 47 54 36
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 14 6 8 24 13 8 7 26 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 91 86 14 38 57 37 26 30 64 75
Median TT (Days) 393 217 78 255 171 124 78 97 191 212
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 235 136 40 94 109 64 33 55 106 125
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 414 230 460 265 217 230 263 481 329
Virginia Number of Registrations 114 98 87 81 83 76 74 88 93 134
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 47 19 23 46 20 14 30 14 13 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 216 92 72 123 121 69 55 59 58 104
Median TT (Days) + 394 359 534 532 221 171 156 202 499
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 218 184 328 302 178 76 115 123 236
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 702 1,243 + + 771 797 326 388 +
Washington Number of Registrations 57 56 57 44 48 54 55 48 61 70
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 31 18 16 9 7 13 31 16 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 59 142 43 33 50 30 31 70 69 94
Median TT (Days) 397 349 232 222 113 127 236 161 138 233
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 147 192 100 122 79 47 74 113 105 176
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,527 574 400 503 156 + + 268 286 383
Wisconsin Number of Registrations 93 116 99 75 90 87 88 89 78 76
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 16 38 26 24 21 13 17 61 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 118 106 155 105 73 61 29 95 179 61
Median TT (Days) 374 322 392 375 313 238 136 377 751 245
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 249 172 280 245 196 122 87 209 457 160
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 602 892 + 464 + 232 986 + +


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.