Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	Number of Registrations	8,619	9,538	10,520	10,881	11,125	9,647	10,325	10,854	10,985	11,036
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	17	24	28	28	29	14	10	8	8	8
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	122	151	186	193	169	80	56	43	38	36
	Median TT (Days)	682	838	1,750	+	+	981	564	402	296	306
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	628	770	1,431	+	+	843	498	355	277	272
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	747	936	2,186	+	+	1,123	649	446	329	352

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.