Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Number of Registrations 88 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50
Median TT (Days) 390 + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 254 + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,164 + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 +
White Number of Registrations 65 102 102 102 103 151 151 134 160 183
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 21 34 33 37 20 36 22 27 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 69 91 83 112 65 101 61 64 46
Median TT (Days) 303 + 414 308 231 319 277 196 201 168
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 203 + 183 208 167 166 226 126 149 125
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 430 461 569 631 335 271 378
African American Number of Registrations 10 18 25 28 33 37 19 30 44 51
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 15 131 20 17 67 10 87 29 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 148 143 291 139 116 142 50 140 137 56
Median TT (Days) 415 + + + + 337 + 338 626 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 148 + + + + 208 + 251 402 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 9 9 23 13 31 29 27 32 38 39
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 5 13 54 41 28 47 98 27 25
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 131 55 67 77 104 60 226 72 89
Median TT (Days) 314 372 126 114 343 185 + + 228 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 55 131 85 67 149 133 + + 117 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 516 +
Asian Number of Registrations 3 4 2 5 3 1 4 4 8 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 167 793 16 32 24 101 234 181 16 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 167 793 16 163 24 101 234 181 36 26
Median TT (Days) + + 16 + 56 101 281 184 94 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 24 + 234 181 37 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 4
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 135 + + 60 1 + 47
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 135 + + 60 201 + 47
Median TT (Days) + + + 135 + + 60 301 + 179
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 60 201 + 47
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have 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.