Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

		Year of Waiting List Registration
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	Number of Registrations	1,837	1,939	2,084	1,990	1,974	2,032	1,887	1,953	1,999	1,562
	10th Percentile of TT (Days)	79	86	121	139	110	86	80	87	45	18
	25th Percentile of TT (Days)	257	313	369	450	360	284	250	240	183	54
	Median TT (Days)	779	1,053	1,105	+	1,663	1,239	1,057	932	+	202
	Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound	719	916	977	+	1,233	992	877	768	+	180
	Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound	944	1,289	1,364	+	+	+	1,296	+	+	238

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.