Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Residency 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 +
U.S. Resident Number of Registrations 125 142 144 164 215 193 202 242 280 305
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 16 28 33 28 45 34 28 17 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 97 99 87 107 84 105 87 73 51 71
Median TT (Days) + 414 308 295 333 337 280 234 241 290
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 183 217 201 186 262 196 198 171 196
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 555 574 492 999 427 344 441 +
Nonresident Alien Number of Registrations 9 7 5 6 3 9 3 8 4 12
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 49 49 18 1 1 + 1 9 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 59 224 45 1 18 + 11 9 20
Median TT (Days) 131 + 319 48 101 36 + 127 28 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 27 + 224 45 1 18 + 36 9 25
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
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.