Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart 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 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
<1 Year Number of Registrations 178 151 179 179 136 142 178 186 132 168
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 18 13 10 16 7 11 19 9 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 45 48 31 46 23 45 55 27 40
Median TT (Days) 94 119 + 1,389 256 190 + + 107 154
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 72 84 + 124 126 62 + + 75 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 112 76 83 91 100 96 117 116 94 99
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 4 6 6 9 14 8 6 12 9 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 21 20 23 31 29 19 27 58 21
Median TT (Days) 79 103 51 79 146 154 95 124 + 57
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 39 52 35 48 79 85 49 59 + 42
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 246 470 82 238 459 347 321 375 + 124
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 64 48 69 60 63 49 39 72 73 60
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 10 10 10 13 13 6 7 11 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 33 32 26 36 23 20 20 22 18
Median TT (Days) 57 125 141 58 145 74 56 86 60 120
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 45 61 72 37 67 45 33 35 37 54
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 100 + 490 194 422 109 + 245 98 +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 132 144 120 136 132 129 145 135 152 132
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 11 14 16 13 6 9 8 9 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 26 32 36 46 32 21 25 22 22 21
Median TT (Days) 145 145 92 143 137 87 107 81 75 72
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 79 99 67 93 82 63 67 60 58 55
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 276 317 212 220 262 151 165 124 111 137
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 354 346 312 309 312 279 338 330 310 337
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 22 16 18 15 12 14 14 20 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 60 65 58 74 63 49 46 45 50 46
Median TT (Days) 379 478 217 403 337 278 238 211 218 224
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 265 229 156 267 209 159 185 147 157 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 716 2,090 304 583 853 547 331 387 307 +
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 1,039 945 856 846 728 762 716 669 639 589
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 26 27 33 37 23 22 14 19 13 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 97 99 97 109 87 70 58 54 48 48
Median TT (Days) 587 471 473 590 483 398 277 275 217 220
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 449 354 357 448 333 306 216 220 164 171
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 851 615 589 806 698 560 422 352 301 306
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 2,172 1,932 1,881 2,041 1,782 1,716 1,618 1,476 1,316 1,283
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 23 27 30 30 21 17 19 15 16 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 69 85 85 90 81 73 70 59 52 47
Median TT (Days) 311 359 332 416 386 377 304 255 261 175
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 280 312 284 356 340 326 260 223 220 153
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 404 395 482 448 446 361 297 328 200
65+ Years Number of Registrations 186 229 245 276 288 275 247 239 221 210
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 20 18 19 18 16 9 12 12 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 40 65 50 55 79 54 35 35 39 22
Median TT (Days) 147 189 178 191 261 312 137 135 157 85
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 104 152 141 142 180 207 100 89 100 57
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 272 385 286 283 513 470 273 194 233 149
Unknown Number of Registrations 8 5 11 1 1 0 2 8 2 3
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 6 28 74 + + 240 26 + 86
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 23 44 74 + + 240 133 + 86
Median TT (Days) 56 + 73 74 + + 240 160 + 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 28 + 58 + + + 240 143 + 86
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.