Table 12.2

Time to Transplant

New Lung Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Number of Registrations	1,358	1,571	1,753	1,829	1,949	2,086	1,988	1,976	2,035	1,892
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	66	54	63	81	77	112	141	109	86	80
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	264	214	188	251	281	356	451	358	284	251
	Median TT (Days)	642	738	739	764	976	1,068	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	587	657	668	704	865	952	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	733	872	821	902	1,167	1,291	+	+	+	+

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.