Table 13.2

Time to Transplant

New Heart-Lung Waiting List Registrations, 1994 to 2003

Race		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Number of Registrations	159	138	153	140	137	109	115	107	88	69
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	100	82	75	99	58	109	254	108	48	77
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	321	380	495	792	481	399	+	515	409	292
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
White	Number of Registrations	133	125	134	127	120	91	96	84	69	60
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	96	111	74	118	46	62	237	106	48	69
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	305	417	569	792	447	373	+	495	414	196
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
African American	Number of Registrations	17	9	16	10	15	13	14	18	12	6
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	580	5	115	56	198	201	372	108	409	+
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	+	172	215	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT (Days)	+	1,005	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	172	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Asian	Number of Registrations	6	3	3	0	1	3	4	1	2	0
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	83	12	409	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	211	12	409	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT (Days)	295	60	555	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	211	12	409	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Other/Multi-race	Number of Registrations	3	1	0	3	1	2	1	4	5	3
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	336	+	+	147	+	+	+	210	9	+
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	336	+	+	147	+	+	+	210	18	+
	Median TT (Days)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	464	63	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	210	18	+
	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.