Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 4,069 3,719 3,614 3,785 3,399 3,294 3,233 3,084 2,797 2,745
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 23 24 24 18 15 15 15 14 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 61 75 70 73 72 58 50 46 43 37
Median TT (Days) 308 333 294 368 341 327 251 224 204 163
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 280 298 260 316 299 289 220 203 176 149
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 351 371 332 421 389 366 287 252 231 183
Yes Number of Registrations 176 157 142 154 143 154 167 147 142 136
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 20 37 30 15 7 11 9 10 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 137 178 107 112 116 41 67 76 63 70
Median TT (Days) + + 1,205 559 + 549 + 678 360 327
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 429 321 + 152 + 290 187 164
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.