Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 2,989 3,058 2,737 2,660 2,522 2,323 2,046 1,992 1,935 2,083
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 25 27 21 15 15 14 14 12 10 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 73 80 76 61 55 47 44 41 34 29
Median TT (Days) 290 383 374 357 272 225 218 172 129 124
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 257 329 328 308 239 203 190 156 116 111
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 329 433 443 411 313 255 253 196 151 141
African American Number of Registrations 484 552 520 477 496 530 520 531 544 568
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 29 21 13 17 14 16 16 10 11 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 80 70 68 62 50 50 49 33 38 23
Median TT (Days) 498 343 329 325 289 280 201 175 142 97
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 286 260 231 229 207 184 135 133 118 79
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 681 596 457 484 483 404 269 254 178 125
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 222 237 214 229 272 259 276 251 241 270
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 14 13 17 12 14 9 12 7 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 39 60 50 36 42 40 34 30 20
Median TT (Days) 435 308 348 210 164 184 154 138 161 77
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 161 190 247 143 121 141 105 101 108 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,410 1,315 958 346 346 330 280 248 311 104
Asian Number of Registrations 55 66 59 69 96 87 75 79 86 86
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 6 9 7 12 11 8 5 6 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 35 42 12 38 31 31 18 13 20
Median TT (Days) 87 356 117 106 155 203 125 90 59 57
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 49 76 59 43 90 77 87 51 33 41
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 623 + 237 207 290 + 848 184 110 98
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 6 24 12 13 14 31 22 28 27 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 258 8 20 10 24 39 19 5 9 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,804 23 79 40 93 124 67 19 35 28
Median TT (Days) + 447 262 136 480 + 114 140 182 360
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 97 145 40 112 + 70 44 66 84
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 345 + + 800 380 + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 2 2 + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 2 2 + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 2 2 + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 2 + + + + + + + +
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.