Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Number of Registrations 91 88 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 35 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 132 96 81 99 87 102 84 101 89 72
Median TT (Days) 497 390 + 496 313 294 333 310 289 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 282 254 + 191 219 175 186 255 201 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 1,164 + + 520 574 492 + 443 +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 21 24 42 61 47 76 81 80 72 79
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 157 51 190 84 43 60 81 50 83 35
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 153 894 146 115 153 208 174 154 127
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 343 569 + 443 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 272 457 + 226 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 30 28 40 32 41 32 41 33 47 54
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 41 20 13 40 17 26 47 13 26
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 57 148 78 100 115 119 46 86 101 91
Median TT (Days) 553 390 + + 303 + 179 270 277 210
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 208 268 + + 224 + 101 158 149 181
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 583 + + + + 315
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 15 7 12 6 12 11 14 8 7 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 25 8 81 23 47 93 10 41 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 103 39 15 183 27 77 97 49 81 108
Median TT (Days) 412 203 125 191 122 175 488 60 196 238
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 114 39 72 183 83 143 110 58 81 130
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 321 + + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 4 9 9 11 5 5 12 15 9 8
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 276 43 31 4 61 38 150 10 18 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 276 202 81 4 67 112 226 25 51 230
Median TT (Days) 276 515 127 34 308 247 467 221 333 438
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 276 202 81 5 67 112 337 42 51 230
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 12 9 12 12 21 14 21 25 31 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 13 6 6 47 15 5 8 30 5 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 61 33 17 54 32 31 19 56 44 57
Median TT (Days) 142 157 97 154 315 45 124 300 102 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 79 33 32 59 49 37 53 125 45 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 232 + + + 231 + + + +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 5 11 15 22 14 21 32 31 22 35
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 50 21 49 49 33 19 26 18 6 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 263 63 53 85 37 26 39 156 48 39
Median TT (Days) 464 393 146 140 114 117 117 277 110 134
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 263 162 68 99 75 36 61 201 51 49
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 461 196 + + +
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 4 0 4 8 9 10 17 11 16 30
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 + 28 4 21 16 11 43 9 18
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 53 + 28 56 194 48 58 44 22 63
Median TT (Days) + + 45 + + 116 116 87 335 97
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 28 + + 48 74 58 226 77
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 266 + + 198
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + 46 + + 73
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + 46 + + 73
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 46 + + 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(+) = 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 waitlisting, 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.