Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Heart Beginning Status 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 Number of Registrations 1,497 1,649 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 11 17 + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 34 35 + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 103 118 142 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 91 102 94 + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 115 136 + + + + + + + +
1A Number of Registrations 0 0 742 875 907 940 768 742 711 706
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 8 5 6 6 5 5 5 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 24 18 18 20 18 15 13 11
Median TT (Days) + + 150 99 101 94 72 68 57 47
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 112 83 78 76 58 58 49 39
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 231 138 130 129 93 84 74 57
1B Number of Registrations 0 1 719 719 769 733 720 741 775 916
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 10 13 13 11 11 9 9 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 33 33 31 32 31 26 23 20
Median TT (Days) + + 96 112 93 85 93 92 78 66
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 84 93 81 76 81 75 69 57
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 121 139 112 107 108 117 92 75
2 Number of Registrations 2,225 2,264 1,953 1,807 1,677 1,498 1,389 1,331 1,269 1,315
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 58 59 47 44 40 34 27 22 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 142 171 167 148 128 124 108 86 69 58
Median TT (Days) 504 661 714 625 487 461 418 304 232 230
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 464 579 601 557 428 402 370 265 205 197
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 582 756 853 754 586 525 516 353 270 266
Other Number of Registrations 35 25 40 47 47 60 62 67 78 97
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 70 100 8 24 45 79 38 32 29 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 144 374 49 117 311 177 94 93 91 49
Median TT (Days) 261 + 195 + + + + 559 395 236
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 225 + 123 + + + + 283 174 157
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.