Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1995 to 2004

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Number of Registrations 4,210 3,817 3,711 3,894 3,497 3,428 3,370 3,190 2,923 2,847
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 23 25 24 18 15 14 14 14 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 63 76 71 75 73 58 53 47 44 38
Median TT (Days) 325 352 303 378 359 329 269 230 211 169
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 293 312 266 330 314 293 237 207 184 154
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 368 391 344 432 411 371 306 259 237 187
Nonresident Alien Number of Registrations 30 24 30 32 33 19 30 31 16 26
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 4 7 4 11 7 9 6 3 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 12 28 10 34 11 19 13 7 11
Median TT (Days) 34 221 139 35 59 43 56 59 19 36
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 29 36 44 18 46 18 25 19 8 16
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 97 + + 139 + 60 164
Unknown Number of Registrations 5 35 15 13 12 1 0 10 0 8
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 706 31 11 76 63 + + + + 50
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 706 96 68 117 481 + + + + 57
Median TT (Days) + + + 589 + + + + + 157
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 145 + + + + + 57
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.