Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Gender 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
Female Number of Registrations 965 997 953 891 895 911 809 811 782 815
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 18 14 10 11 10 13 9 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 53 55 42 38 34 41 30 28 26
Median TT (Days) 249 265 250 237 174 179 148 142 121 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 198 221 197 186 145 149 122 112 100 84
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 320 343 344 301 228 240 214 170 151 127
Male Number of Registrations 2,792 2,942 2,589 2,557 2,505 2,320 2,130 2,070 2,051 2,219
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 27 21 17 15 16 14 13 10 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 77 86 80 65 58 56 46 41 37 26
Median TT (Days) 326 421 389 364 302 247 222 179 138 116
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 288 367 341 323 262 222 200 159 122 103
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 371 482 452 424 349 290 263 203 157 132


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.