Table 13.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart-Lung Waiting List Registrations

		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	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

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.