Table 11.2

Time to Transplant

New Heart Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Age at Registration		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Number of Registrations	3,835	3,730	4,248	3,878	3,758	3,941	3,541	3,449	3,402	3,230
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	16	15	17	22	24	23	18	15	14	14
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	63	53	61	74	69	73	73	57	50	46
	Median TT (Days)	337	280	308	337	293	360	359	327	264	230
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	309	249	282	300	259	314	314	289	232	208
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	395	324	352	377	329	409	410	368	300	259
<1 Year	Number of Registrations	197	196	179	151	179	179	137	142	178	186
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	7	9	10	16	13	9	16	7	11	19
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	27	26	30	45	46	30	46	23	45	55
	Median TT (Days)	143	+	93	110	974	1,389	330	190	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	63	+	67	79	95	113	126	62	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	363	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
1-5 Years	Number of Registrations	87	77	95	61	74	81	86	84	108	102
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	7	4	5	8	6	9	12	8	6	12
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	27	13	14	21	20	24	26	20	19	27
	Median TT (Days)	229	79	102	128	51	73	146	191	102	86
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	66	42	39	52	37	45	51	115	49	45
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	233	288	+	84	224	743	677	377	375
6-10 Years	Number of Registrations	40	44	46	38	58	45	53	41	28	50
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	8	6	3	9	10	11	12	15	6	10
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	23	14	16	28	32	24	36	23	19	25
	Median TT (Days)	70	41	57	81	92	54	124	78	65	86
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	40	25	45	49	65	31	63	53	21	37
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	236	283	234	538	165	391	109	+	303
11-17 Years	Number of Registrations	108	95	114	119	107	117	108	111	131	117
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	11	12	10	14	14	16	14	6	9	6
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	25	22	25	31	36	51	35	20	25	18
	Median TT (Days)	173	86	135	128	83	128	137	87	92	76
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	65	52	70	96	57	90	68	62	64	52
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	392	255	276	272	212	220	262	165	147	116
18-34 Years	Number of Registrations	324	281	321	307	282	273	285	263	314	301
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	16	14	13	22	12	17	11	12	14	15
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	60	45	60	62	52	63	62	40	44	47
	Median TT (Days)	384	185	425	333	188	363	295	275	220	200
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	223	113	250	166	143	233	186	159	161	141
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	913	330	784	725	286	514	670	480	330	+
35-49 Years	Number of Registrations	899	856	915	813	749	756	620	674	653	596
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	23	22	26	27	33	36	22	22	14	19
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	86	73	96	98	105	108	85	65	58	53
	Median TT (Days)	461	404	564	441	476	559	483	370	262	254
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	345	322	445	335	343	405	329	291	211	204
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	621	567	851	585	591	799	708	556	411	350
50-64 Years	Number of Registrations	1,805	1,833	2,070	1,835	1,804	1,920	1,670	1,619	1,513	1,403
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	18	17	23	27	29	29	20	18	18	14
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	73	67	69	84	85	86	81	74	70	59
	Median TT (Days)	338	301	303	362	332	408	386	389	300	256
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	309	252	276	312	286	351	340	328	254	226
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	412	349	361	414	396	478	448	460	361	300
65+ Years	Number of Registrations	122	113	186	229	243	272	287	275	246	236
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	16	13	9	20	17	19	20	16	9	12
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	47	27	37	65	48	55	79	54	35	36
	Median TT (Days)	224	132	144	189	167	190	261	312	132	135
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	130	86	102	152	134	140	181	207	100	89
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	438	280	265	385	258	278	513	470	265	195
Unknown	Number of Registrations	253	235	322	325	262	298	295	240	231	239
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	12	14	15	19	28	28	22	11	16	9
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	69	49	48	74	64	93	75	49	56	43
	Median TT (Days)	284	204	248	332	212	318	422	297	361	251
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	190	152	167	236	158	218	239	162	257	163
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	605	408	422	457	371	660	720	444	598	380

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(+) = 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.