Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1996 to 2005

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 1,579 1,697 1,796 1,679 1,674 1,714 1,566 1,649 1,675 1,294
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 75 87 111 133 104 83 73 81 43 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 243 291 348 411 341 265 237 226 171 49
Median TT (Days) 729 951 958 1,449 1,217 992 891 809 697 184
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 675 828 884 1,099 1,021 919 769 699 596 157
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 818 1,114 1,073 + 1,779 1,239 1,086 1,065 + 210
African American Number of Registrations 152 147 178 193 175 201 178 174 179 130
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 103 77 189 259 166 104 136 188 81 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 460 393 588 776 405 446 476 395 278 82
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 81 72 78 83 93 87 92 97 115 87
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 154 92 191 162 189 112 126 85 53 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 405 490 752 772 789 502 299 322 141 88
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 19 16 27 27 27 25 37 23 20 37
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 219 200 473 436 219 158 79 25 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 350 419 410 + + 904 514 101 + 115
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 6 7 5 8 5 5 10 10 9 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 91 233 1 6 60 229 43 12 86 62
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 170 288 1,485 39 424 + 58 496 203 +
Median TT (Days) + 495 + 174 + + + + 311 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 288 + 98 + + + + 203 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + 273 + 657 +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + 273 + 657 +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 301 + 657 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 273 + + +
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.