Table 9.2

Time to Transplant

New Liver Waiting List Registrations, 1993 to 2002

Previous Any Organ Tx		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Number of Registrations	5,535	6,238	7,346	8,065	8,632	9,546	10,516	10,883	11,132	9,651
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	7	8	11	13	16	21	27	29	29	14
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	42	50	67	97	117	143	184	193	169	80
	Median TT (Days)	186	217	316	470	656	796	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	175	200	297	434	603	722	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	202	234	337	499	711	877	+	+	+	+
No	Number of Registrations	4,703	5,546	6,684	7,283	7,767	8,662	9,605	9,771	9,854	8,574
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	10	10	13	19	24	33	39	40	39	16
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	53	57	76	111	138	164	203	209	180	87
	Median TT (Days)	208	219	317	496	692	847	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	192	202	298	467	637	776	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	227	236	338	529	755	941	+	+	+	+
Yes	Number of Registrations	832	692	662	782	865	884	911	1,112	1,278	1,077
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	7	11	14	12	10	10	18	28	57	27
	Median TT (Days)	76	164	336	177	243	288	840	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	57	112	161	129	150	192	502	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	96	369	876	244	416	484	+	+	+	+

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.