Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 1,748 1,862 2,016 1,909 1,909 1,949 1,808 1,887 1,909 1,470
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 88 124 143 113 88 82 88 48 19
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 251 312 369 448 356 288 251 241 184 57
Median TT (Days) 764 997 1,073 2,399 1,562 1,190 1,023 915 + 212
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 694 884 958 1,417 1,186 970 868 756 + 187
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 902 1,211 1,317 + + 1,691 1,258 + + 253
Yes Number of Registrations 89 77 68 81 65 83 79 66 90 92
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 59 36 33 84 33 9 23 37 16 4
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 435 404 436 587 810 267 206 334 150 25
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + 84
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + 67
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 205


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.