Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Blood Type Year of Waiting List Registration
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Number of Registrations 4,245 3,876 3,756 3,939 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,231 2,939 2,881
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 23 24 24 18 15 14 14 14 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 62 76 71 74 73 57 51 46 44 38
Median TT (Days) 323 353 303 373 359 327 264 230 209 166
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 290 314 266 321 314 290 232 207 181 153
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 391 343 426 411 368 300 259 233 185
O Number of Registrations 1,880 1,707 1,636 1,743 1,579 1,517 1,504 1,364 1,290 1,300
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 43 43 39 32 27 28 26 22 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 99 119 118 132 124 112 95 86 76 68
Median TT (Days) 689 714 681 761 853 771 583 412 447 350
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 571 565 513 581 670 597 464 336 361 268
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 897 1,032 962 1,044 1,159 1,297 757 527 632 +
A Number of Registrations 1,680 1,553 1,521 1,549 1,411 1,362 1,318 1,336 1,132 1,080
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 18 17 20 14 11 11 10 10 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 43 56 53 60 51 41 36 36 33 25
Median TT (Days) 216 231 204 265 226 222 166 146 137 115
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 184 194 177 213 198 189 135 120 120 98
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 262 283 240 314 262 278 200 168 167 140
B Number of Registrations 507 457 454 477 408 413 423 408 398 374
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 19 21 21 19 15 11 11 12 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 72 57 63 54 47 37 36 35 31
Median TT (Days) 238 303 209 309 263 152 165 163 123 108
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 173 225 168 213 196 125 134 127 104 82
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 323 413 275 481 417 221 232 241 177 143
AB Number of Registrations 178 159 145 170 144 156 155 123 118 126
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 9 12 7 6 6 7 6 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 27 22 30 25 16 15 17 23 18 18
Median TT (Days) 107 96 76 85 81 68 57 87 56 56
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 68 57 56 67 60 39 40 44 37 43
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 154 174 106 141 135 143 81 235 92 93
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
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.