Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 3,613 3,785 3,397 3,292 3,233 3,084 2,794 2,745 2,671 2,879
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 24 18 15 15 15 14 12 10 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 70 73 72 58 50 46 43 37 33 26
Median TT (Days) 296 368 341 327 251 224 203 163 126 109
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 260 316 299 289 220 203 176 150 116 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 332 421 389 366 287 252 231 182 145 122
Yes Number of Registrations 144 154 145 156 167 147 145 136 162 155
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 30 15 7 11 9 9 16 8 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 105 112 110 40 67 76 58 70 41 31
Median TT (Days) 1,037 559 + 549 + 678 362 263 290 204
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 426 321 + 152 + 290 191 169 150 102
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 426


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.