Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Heart Beginning Status 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 Number of Registrations 1,518 1,400 1,497 1,649 88 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 9 11 11 17 + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 24 31 35 34 35 + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 79 101 103 118 142 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 70 91 91 102 94 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 95 114 115 136 + + + + + +
1A Number of Registrations 0 1 0 0 742 875 907 940 768 742
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 + + 8 5 6 6 5 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 1 + + 24 18 18 20 18 15
Median TT (Days) + 1 + + 150 99 101 94 72 68
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 112 83 78 76 58 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 231 138 130 129 93 84
1B Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 719 719 769 733 720 741
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 10 13 13 11 11 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + 33 33 31 32 31 26
Median TT (Days) + + + + 96 112 93 85 93 92
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 84 93 81 76 81 75
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 121 139 112 107 108 117
2 Number of Registrations 2,694 2,448 2,224 2,264 1,953 1,807 1,677 1,498 1,389 1,331
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 48 49 58 59 47 44 40 34 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 127 138 141 171 167 148 128 124 108 86
Median TT (Days) 511 556 503 661 714 625 487 461 418 327
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 447 491 463 579 601 557 428 402 370 279
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 590 649 582 756 853 754 586 525 519 409
Other Number of Registrations 33 27 35 25 40 47 47 60 62 67
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 27 70 100 8 24 45 79 38 32
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 446 262 144 374 49 117 311 177 94 93
Median TT (Days) + 691 261 + 195 + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 347 225 + 123 + + + + +
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.