Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 3,757 3,939 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,231 2,939 2,881 2,833 3,034
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 24 18 15 14 14 14 12 10 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 71 74 73 57 51 46 44 38 33 26
Median TT (Days) 303 373 359 327 264 230 209 166 130 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 266 321 314 290 232 207 181 153 120 101
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 343 426 411 368 300 259 233 184 149 125
<1 Year Number of Registrations 179 179 136 141 178 186 132 168 140 168
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 13 10 16 7 11 19 9 12 14 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 48 31 46 22 45 55 27 40 39 21
Median TT (Days) + 1,389 256 143 + + 107 154 151 65
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 124 126 60 + + 75 94 93 48
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 157
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 84 91 100 97 117 116 94 99 95 100
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 9 14 8 6 12 9 7 13 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 23 31 30 19 27 58 21 35 27
Median TT (Days) 51 79 146 171 95 124 645 57 134 71
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 35 48 79 88 49 59 112 42 81 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 84 238 459 461 321 375 + 124 278 181
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 69 60 63 49 39 72 73 60 64 58
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 10 13 13 6 7 11 9 8 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 26 36 23 20 20 22 18 15 31
Median TT (Days) 141 58 145 74 56 86 60 120 88 113
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 72 37 67 45 33 35 37 54 40 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 490 194 422 109 + 245 98 409 231 303
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 120 136 132 129 145 135 152 132 156 154
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 16 13 6 9 8 9 8 5 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 46 32 21 25 22 22 21 13 14
Median TT (Days) 92 143 137 87 107 81 75 72 64 52
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 67 93 82 63 67 60 58 55 41 29
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 212 220 262 151 165 124 111 137 98 102
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 311 309 312 279 338 330 310 337 323 311
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 18 15 12 14 14 20 12 9 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 74 63 49 46 45 50 46 37 25
Median TT (Days) 217 403 337 278 238 211 218 217 129 133
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 151 267 209 159 185 147 157 158 113 92
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 299 583 853 547 331 387 307 346 185 184
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 857 846 728 762 716 669 639 589 565 637
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 33 37 23 22 14 19 13 13 13 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 97 109 87 70 58 54 48 48 43 32
Median TT (Days) 473 590 483 398 277 275 217 217 141 136
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 353 448 333 306 216 220 164 171 114 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 589 806 698 560 422 352 301 264 169 180
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 1,881 2,041 1,782 1,716 1,618 1,476 1,316 1,283 1,243 1,332
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 30 21 17 19 15 16 13 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 85 90 81 73 70 59 51 47 35 27
Median TT (Days) 332 416 386 377 304 255 261 175 163 123
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 286 356 340 326 260 223 220 153 141 103
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 396 482 448 446 361 297 328 198 191 148
65+ Years Number of Registrations 245 276 288 275 247 239 221 210 246 272
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 19 18 16 9 12 12 6 8 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 55 79 54 35 35 39 22 25 24
Median TT (Days) 178 191 261 312 137 135 157 85 74 76
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 141 142 180 207 100 89 100 57 63 63
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 286 283 513 470 273 194 233 149 94 104
Unknown Number of Registrations 11 1 1 0 2 8 2 3 1 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 74 + + 240 26 + 86 49 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 74 + + 240 133 + 86 49 17
Median TT (Days) 73 74 + + 240 160 + 94 49 17
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 58 + + + 240 143 + 86 + 17
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.