Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Gender 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
Female Number of Registrations 1,009 882 965 997 953 891 895 911 809 810
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 17 18 18 14 10 11 10 13 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 48 62 55 53 55 42 38 34 41 30
Median TT (Days) 282 245 249 265 250 237 174 179 148 142
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 206 192 198 221 197 186 145 149 122 112
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 367 338 320 343 344 301 228 240 214 170
Male Number of Registrations 3,236 2,994 2,791 2,942 2,589 2,557 2,505 2,320 2,130 2,071
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 24 28 27 21 17 15 16 14 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 66 82 77 86 80 65 58 56 46 41
Median TT (Days) 335 377 325 421 389 364 302 247 222 177
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 295 334 287 367 341 323 262 222 200 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 379 451 371 482 452 424 349 290 263 203


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.