Table 13.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart-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 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 + + + + + + + + + +
White Number of Registrations 113 112 84 85 79 64 50 59 38 57
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 118 58 109 180 112 48 69 57 50 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 784 375 399 1,135 515 256 208 315 100 149
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 741 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 294 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
African American Number of Registrations 10 15 13 14 18 12 6 9 8 9
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 56 198 201 372 108 409 + 7 7 50
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 1,049 + + 334 87 226
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 394 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + 120 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 15 8 9 12 7 6 11 5 10 6
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 42 19 354 67 267 121 7 20 68
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 784 + 211 2,458 392 851 138 27 99 +
Median TT (Days) + + 638 + + + 387 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 211 + + + 237 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 1 2 3 5 1 2 1 4 2 3
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 1,961 1,934 + + + 103 112 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 1,961 1,934 + + + 103 112 4
Median TT (Days) + + 1,961 + + + + 185 112 53
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,961 + + + + 103 112 4
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 464 9 + 35 + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 464 9 + 35 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + 464 18 + 35 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 9 + + + +
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.