Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284 317
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50 64
Median TT (Days) + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232 261
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 404 +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 42 61 47 76 81 80 72 79 105 103
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 190 84 43 60 81 50 83 35 37 31
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 894 146 115 149 208 174 154 127 117 143
Median TT (Days) + + + 334 569 + 443 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 250 457 + 226 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 2,260 + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 40 32 41 32 41 33 47 54 56 70
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 13 40 17 26 47 13 26 32 28
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 78 100 115 119 46 86 101 91 72 99
Median TT (Days) + + 303 + 179 270 277 201 222 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 224 + 101 158 149 171 138 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 583 + + + + 303 + +
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 12 6 12 11 14 8 7 14 15 10
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 81 23 47 93 10 41 29 9 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 183 27 77 97 49 81 108 15 32
Median TT (Days) 125 191 122 175 488 60 196 238 158 109
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 72 183 83 143 110 58 81 130 39 32
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 321 + + + + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 9 11 5 5 12 15 9 8 14 20
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 4 61 38 150 10 18 27 3 30
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 4 67 112 226 25 51 205 26 164
Median TT (Days) 127 34 308 247 467 221 333 438 92 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 81 5 67 112 337 42 51 205 37 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 12 12 21 14 21 25 31 27 35 40
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 47 15 5 8 30 5 27 11 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 54 32 31 19 56 44 57 22 35
Median TT (Days) 97 154 315 45 124 300 102 180 54 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 32 59 49 37 53 125 45 144 46 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 231 + + + 552 300 172
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 15 22 14 21 32 31 22 35 31 42
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 49 33 19 26 18 6 11 14 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 85 37 26 39 156 48 39 23 26
Median TT (Days) 146 140 114 117 117 277 110 134 102 145
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 68 99 75 36 61 201 51 49 55 57
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 461 196 + + 441 232 +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 4 8 9 10 17 11 16 30 27 30
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 4 21 16 11 43 9 18 6 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 56 194 48 58 44 22 63 27 37
Median TT (Days) 45 + + 116 116 87 335 97 123 104
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 28 + + 48 74 58 226 77 45 71
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 266 + + 198 + +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 46 + + 73 7 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 46 + + 73 7 6
Median TT (Days) + + + + 46 + + 73 7 6
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + 73 + 6
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(+) = 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.