Table 13.2

Time to Transplant

New Heart-Lung Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Gender		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Number of Registrations	162	159	138	153	140	138	109	115	107	88
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	86	85	81	70	93	43	109	254	108	48
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	300	295	328	409	737	368	399	+	515	409
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Female	Number of Registrations	96	97	79	90	72	76	62	62	58	53
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	65	85	52	70	64	151	129	180	105	135
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	276	295	198	398	410	375	403	+	464	+
	Median TT (Days)	+	2,018	1,722	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	599	676	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Male	Number of Registrations	66	62	59	63	68	62	47	53	49	35
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	98	87	147	60	132	37	49	427	238	21
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	307	305	596	465	919	310	399	+	855	104
	Median TT (Days)	1,825	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	503	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

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.