Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Number of Registrations 88 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 35 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50
Median TT (Days) 390 + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 254 + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,164 + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 +
<1 Year Number of Registrations 24 42 61 47 76 81 80 72 79 105
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 51 190 84 43 60 81 50 83 35 37
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 153 894 146 115 149 208 174 154 127 117
Median TT (Days) + + + + 334 569 + 443 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 250 457 + 226 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 28 40 32 41 32 41 33 47 54 56
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 41 20 13 40 17 26 47 13 26 32
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 148 78 100 115 119 46 86 101 91 72
Median TT (Days) 390 + + 303 + 179 270 277 201 222
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 268 + + 224 + 101 158 149 171 138
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 583 + + + + 303 +
6-10 Years Number of Registrations 7 12 6 12 11 14 8 7 14 15
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 25 8 81 23 47 93 10 41 29 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 39 15 183 27 77 97 49 81 108 15
Median TT (Days) 203 125 191 122 175 488 60 196 238 158
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 39 72 183 83 143 110 58 81 130 39
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 321 + + + + + +
11-17 Years Number of Registrations 9 9 11 5 5 12 15 9 8 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 43 31 4 61 38 150 10 18 27 3
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 202 81 4 67 112 226 25 51 205 26
Median TT (Days) 515 127 34 308 247 467 221 333 438 92
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 202 81 5 67 112 337 42 51 205 37
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 9 12 12 21 14 21 25 31 27 35
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 6 47 15 5 8 30 5 27 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 33 17 54 32 31 19 56 44 57 22
Median TT (Days) 157 97 154 315 45 124 300 102 180 54
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 33 32 59 49 37 53 125 45 144 46
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 232 + + + 231 + + + 552 300
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 11 15 22 14 21 32 31 22 35 31
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 49 49 33 19 26 18 6 11 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 63 53 85 37 26 39 156 48 39 23
Median TT (Days) 393 146 140 114 117 117 277 110 134 102
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 162 68 99 75 36 61 201 51 49 55
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 461 196 + + 441 252
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 0 4 8 9 10 17 11 16 30 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + 28 4 21 16 11 43 9 18 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + 28 56 194 48 58 44 22 63 27
Median TT (Days) + 45 + + 116 116 87 335 97 123
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 28 + + 48 74 58 226 77 45
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 266 + + 198 +
65+ Years Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 46 + + 73 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + 46 + + 73 7
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 46 + + 73 7
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + 73 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(+) = 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 wait listing, 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.