Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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 +
White Number of Registrations 102 102 102 103 151 151 134 160 183 213
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 34 33 37 20 36 22 27 14 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 69 91 83 112 65 101 61 64 46 54
Median TT (Days) + 414 308 231 319 277 196 201 187 218
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 183 208 167 166 226 126 149 125 167
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 430 461 569 631 335 271 300 +
African American Number of Registrations 18 25 28 33 37 19 30 44 51 45
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 131 20 17 67 10 87 29 30 25
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 143 291 139 116 142 50 140 137 56 99
Median TT (Days) + + + + 337 + 338 626 561 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 208 + 251 402 134 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 9 23 13 31 29 27 32 38 39 46
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 13 54 41 28 47 98 27 25 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 131 55 67 77 104 60 226 72 89 80
Median TT (Days) 372 126 114 343 185 + + 228 + 260
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 131 85 67 149 133 + + 117 + 130
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 516 + +
Asian Number of Registrations 4 2 5 3 1 4 4 8 7 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 793 16 32 24 101 234 181 16 9 35
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 793 16 163 24 101 234 181 36 26 56
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 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 4 6
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 135 + + 60 1 + 47 45
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 135 + + 60 201 + 47 156
Median TT (Days) + + 135 + + 60 301 + 179 208
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 60 201 + 47 156
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.