Table 13.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart-Lung Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 140 137 109 116 106 88 69 78 58 77
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 58 109 237 112 48 77 44 50 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 792 481 402 + 534 409 225 284 100 142
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Female Number of Registrations 72 76 62 62 58 53 35 47 33 39
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 64 165 129 180 105 135 65 57 19 50
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 646 573 413 1,086 464 851 237 284 87 208
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Male Number of Registrations 68 61 47 54 48 35 34 31 25 38
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 165 37 49 237 277 21 121 44 53 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,127 310 399 + 855 104 208 185 281 79
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 741 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 275 + + +
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.