Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 1,939 2,084 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 1,999 1,562 1,774
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 121 139 110 86 80 87 45 18 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 313 369 450 360 284 250 240 184 54 31
Median TT (Days) 1,053 1,105 + 1,663 1,224 1,057 924 792 199 132
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 916 977 + 1,233 988 877 768 666 176 114
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,289 1,364 + + 1,983 1,296 1,157 1,052 228 149
White Number of Registrations 1,697 1,796 1,679 1,674 1,714 1,566 1,649 1,676 1,294 1,455
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 111 133 104 83 73 81 43 17 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 291 348 411 341 265 237 226 173 49 30
Median TT (Days) 951 958 1,449 1,217 980 891 809 697 180 128
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 828 884 1,099 1,021 914 769 699 597 155 107
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,114 1,073 + 1,779 1,224 1,086 985 842 202 147
African American Number of Registrations 147 178 193 175 201 178 174 179 130 176
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 77 189 259 166 104 136 188 81 22 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 393 588 776 405 446 476 395 278 82 31
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 421 132
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + 228 97
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 183
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 72 78 83 93 87 92 97 115 87 111
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 92 191 162 189 112 126 85 53 20 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 490 752 772 789 502 299 322 141 88 36
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + 192
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 16 27 27 27 25 37 23 20 37 20
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 219 200 862 436 219 158 79 25 14 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 419 410 + + 904 514 101 785 115 23
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 1,213 + + 262
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 250 + + 44
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 7 5 8 5 5 10 10 9 14 12
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 233 1 6 60 229 43 12 86 62 203
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 288 1,485 39 424 + 58 496 203 205 284
Median TT (Days) 495 + 174 + + + + 311 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 288 + 98 + + + + 203 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 776 + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 273 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 273 + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 301 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 273 + + + +
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.