Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	Number of Registrations	1,752	1,836	1,940	2,084	1,990	1,974	2,032	1,888	1,954	2,001
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	64	79	87	121	139	110	86	80	87	45
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	200	257	314	369	450	360	287	250	240	190
	Median TT (Days)	773	777	1,062	1,105	+	1,656	1,239	1,077	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	703	718	929	977	+	1,233	992	891	+	+
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	920	934	1,315	1,364	+	+	+	+	+	+

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.