Table 10.2

Time to Transplant

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations, 1994 to 2003

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Number of Registrations 84 92 88 133 152 149 171 219 204 205
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 19 35 27 19 28 31 27 30 34
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 163 114 96 92 91 87 102 82 98 89
Median TT (Days) + 467 390 + 496 313 294 319 307 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 276 254 + 191 219 175 185 243 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,164 + + 520 574 488 + +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 22 22 24 42 61 47 75 81 80 72
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 43 19 51 166 84 43 70 81 50 83
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 158 282 153 372 146 115 156 208 174 154
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 359 569 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 276 457 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 37 30 28 40 32 41 33 41 34 47
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 7 41 20 13 40 17 26 46 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 163 57 148 78 42 115 119 41 86 101
Median TT (Days) + 553 390 + + 303 + 173 255 292
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 208 268 + + 224 + 84 123 149
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 583 + + + +
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 4 15 7 11 6 12 12 14 8 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 78 79 25 15 81 23 45 93 10 41
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 78 103 39 72 183 27 47 97 49 81
Median TT (Days) 160 412 203 208 191 122 169 488 60 196
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 78 114 39 113 183 83 77 110 58 81
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 321 + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 7 4 9 9 11 5 5 12 15 9
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 86 276 43 31 4 61 38 150 10 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 182 276 202 81 4 67 112 226 25 51
Median TT (Days) + 276 515 127 34 308 247 467 221 333
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 276 202 81 5 67 112 337 42 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 8 12 9 12 12 21 14 21 25 31
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 13 6 6 47 15 5 8 30 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 61 33 17 54 32 31 19 56 44
Median TT (Days) 293 136 157 97 154 315 45 124 300 102
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 150 79 33 32 59 49 37 53 125 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 417 232 + + + 231 + + +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 4 5 11 15 22 14 21 32 31 22
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 50 21 49 49 33 19 26 18 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 263 63 53 85 37 26 39 156 48
Median TT (Days) + 464 393 146 140 114 117 117 277 110
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 263 162 68 99 75 36 61 201 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 461 196 + +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 2 4 0 4 8 9 10 17 11 16
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 458 53 + 28 4 21 16 11 43 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 458 53 + 28 56 194 48 58 44 22
Median TT (Days) 458 + + 45 + + 116 116 87 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 458 + + 28 + + 48 74 58 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 266 + +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + 46 + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + 46 + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + 46 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(+) = 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.