Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Liver Beginning Status 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
1 Number of Registrations 609 528 609 554 566 510 502 517 396 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 +
Median TT (Days) 10 11 7 6 6 11 7 6 6 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 8 7 6 5 5 8 6 5 5 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 15 1,536 10 7 7 26 11 8 7 +
1A Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 461
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 2 2
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 3 3
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 5 5
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + 4 5
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 9 7
2 Number of Registrations 284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 4 + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 46 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 32 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 68 + + + + + + + + +
2A Number of Registrations 85 293 345 416 493 101 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 3 3 4 4 8 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 6 5 9 12 20 + + + +
Median TT (Days) 279 20 24 31 67 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 23 14 15 20 49 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 54 49 106 108 + + + + +
2B Number of Registrations 207 1,935 2,545 2,604 2,673 420 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 25 33 31 30 27 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 13 86 116 99 94 64 + + + +
Median TT (Days) 77 341 500 452 424 301 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 33 288 429 396 374 206 + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 360 396 603 528 528 474 + + + +
3 Number of Registrations 6,345 5,651 5,870 5,959 5,758 783 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 65 108 142 159 145 115 + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 221 317 428 479 423 346 + + + +
Median TT (Days) 945 1,806 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 850 1,443 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,081 2,387 + + + + + + + +
4 Number of Registrations 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 131 + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 538 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 2,923 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,612 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 6-10 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 1,389 1,807 1,715 1,679 1,692
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 84 50 56 55 59
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 541 327 303 280 291
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 11-14 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 1,738 2,297 2,431 2,273 2,321
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 74 52 53 66 69
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 272 217 203 236 234
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
MELD 15-20 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 1,733 2,205 2,333 2,452 2,432
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 29 24 24 18 21
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 102 74 70 61 58
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 477 370 294 256 270
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 395 315 260 232 228
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 593 408 349 282 319
MELD 21-30 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 894 1,266 1,528 1,634 1,688
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 9 7 6 6 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 28 20 15 15 14
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 128 100 64 62 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 110 85 56 56 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 162 116 78 75 62
MELD 30 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 405 542 647 746 746
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 4 4 3 3 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 8 7 6 6 6
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 29 24 14 16 14
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 22 16 12 14 12
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 88 33 18 20 17
PELD <11 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 0 237 299 317 235 205
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 32 23 24 29 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 75 65 64 68 54
Median TT (Days) + + + 1 + 235 210 201 181 179
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 183 169 161 140 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 310 263 266 252 354
PELD 11-14 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 76 73 58 80 62
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 15 21 19 31 24
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 78 41 52 71 55
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 210 87 129 158 159
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 134 72 70 111 101
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 420 135 206 222 +
PELD 15-20 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 0 81 110 88 108 94
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 33 26 9 32 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 49 49 37 57 51
Median TT (Days) + + + 1 + 105 136 98 129 121
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 74 101 73 93 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 179 217 126 179 172
PELD 21-30 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 0 62 60 71 137 192
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 6 12 14 13 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 1 + 25 35 25 32 30
Median TT (Days) + + + 1 + 125 211 73 135 131
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 59 103 56 88 91
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 306 + 145 268 216
PELD 30 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 15 20 18 81 84
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 5 4 7 9 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 6 41 14 23 18
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 15 361 48 154 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 7 51 19 83 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 57 + + + +
HCC T1 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 63 60 23 5 4
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 14 12 4 92 +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 31 34 7 118 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 82 90 35 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 47 48 18 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 277 145 + + +
HCC T2 Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 331 390 443 539 610
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 6 7 6 8 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 14 15 12 20 18
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 36 44 32 54 49
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 29 34 28 47 41
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 42 57 44 62 56
Other Exceptions Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 13 18 46
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 25 2 6 4 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 29 8 18 7 6
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 102 12 42 47 14
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 29 8 18 12 9
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 241 141 229 53
Other Status Number of Registrations 1,014 1,131 1,151 1,345 1,635 804 684 652 400 399
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 6 7 9 12 7 4 5 3 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 43 55 71 85 72 21 22 8 10
Median TT (Days) 180 224 334 417 + + + + 300 105
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 150 184 254 343 + + + + 111 59
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 212 281 416 607 + + + + + 168


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.