Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 6,469 7,091 7,872 7,942 7,978 6,905 7,395 7,848 7,838 7,749
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 27 32 32 33 15 10 9 8 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 125 155 189 194 169 84 56 44 38 37
Median TT (Days) 656 814 1,562 2,191 + 930 524 391 290 300
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 600 732 1,248 1,698 + 782 458 344 266 259
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 718 918 1,968 + + 1,087 604 438 328 349
African American Number of Registrations 730 829 900 1,001 973 808 905 967 987 1,047
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 10 8 10 14 6 6 6 6 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 94 103 139 130 155 43 34 28 27 17
Median TT (Days) 510 673 1,819 + 1,929 498 265 203 195 136
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 425 555 903 + 1,002 318 203 156 159 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 898 1,116 + + + 991 407 284 246 173
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 993 1,148 1,234 1,422 1,620 1,407 1,451 1,475 1,574 1,634
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 20 26 26 32 15 12 10 9 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 123 152 197 205 196 106 91 65 50 49
Median TT (Days) 817 1,041 2,328 + + + + 909 782 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 648 778 1,236 + + + + 644 506 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,167 1,459 + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 368 407 457 455 493 439 483 465 490 512
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 11 31 27 11 10 10 6 4 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 90 115 201 322 113 58 63 33 37 55
Median TT (Days) 1,960 1,393 + + + 538 796 289 210 433
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 751 761 + + + 300 379 206 176 242
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 1,268 + 609 322 +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 59 62 57 61 60 88 91 99 96 94
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 24 12 14 29 12 12 7 4 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 253 116 72 60 129 95 49 49 20 45
Median TT (Days) + 788 627 934 + + 176 330 250 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 409 382 502 + + 95 146 110 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 595 + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
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.