Table 13.2

Time to Transplant

New Heart-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	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	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

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.