Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 3,357 3,072 2,988 3,058 2,737 2,660 2,523 2,323 2,045 1,995
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 23 25 27 21 15 15 14 14 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 66 82 73 80 76 61 55 47 44 42
Median TT (Days) 330 353 290 383 374 357 273 225 218 175
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 291 315 256 329 328 308 239 203 189 156
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 377 390 328 433 443 411 313 255 253 199
African American Number of Registrations 557 507 484 552 520 477 496 530 520 531
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 21 29 21 13 17 14 16 16 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 64 64 80 70 68 62 50 50 49 33
Median TT (Days) 403 317 498 343 329 325 289 280 201 173
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 290 227 286 260 231 229 207 184 135 133
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 816 555 681 596 457 484 483 404 269 292
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 232 209 222 237 214 229 272 259 277 249
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 10 25 20 14 13 17 12 14 9 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 34 66 55 39 60 50 36 42 40 31
Median TT (Days) 176 325 435 308 348 210 164 184 162 126
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 126 167 161 190 247 143 121 141 105 100
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 366 846 1,410 1,315 958 346 346 330 281 214
Asian Number of Registrations 67 64 55 66 59 69 95 88 75 79
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 20 19 6 9 7 12 11 8 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 36 32 35 42 12 38 33 31 18
Median TT (Days) 94 97 87 356 117 106 148 203 125 90
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 62 67 49 76 59 43 90 77 87 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 296 + 623 + 237 207 290 + + 184
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 32 24 6 24 12 13 14 30 22 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 5 34 258 8 20 10 24 16 19 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 276 1,804 23 79 40 93 124 67 18
Median TT (Days) 302 + + 447 262 136 480 + 114 118
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 44 + + 97 145 40 112 + 70 44
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 345 + + + 333
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 2 2 + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 2 2 + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + 2 2 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 2 + + + + + +
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.