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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration Year of Waiting List Registration
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number of Registrations 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 2,000 1,564 1,775 1,959 2,005
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 139 110 86 80 87 45 18 9 11 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 450 360 284 250 240 184 54 31 35 35
Median TT (Days) 2,897 1,663 1,224 1,057 924 792 200 134 142 148
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,515 1,233 988 877 768 666 176 114 127 132
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 1,983 1,296 1,157 965 228 151 157 167
<1 Year Number of Registrations 12 9 9 10 7 5 4 5 10 11
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 34 18 10 35 27 17 1 33 72
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 22 156 + 87 44 83 17 9 50 72
Median TT (Days) + + + + 86 103 90 15 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 44 83 17 9 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 17 10 13 14 5 15 15 10 16 7
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 12 25 58 + 81 36 31 6 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 279 + 219 207 + + 90 68 36 59
Median TT (Days) + + + 450 + + + 113 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 358 + + + 68 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
6-11 Years Number of Registrations 43 39 27 22 26 32 20 17 19 14
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 127 98 251 61 101 31 12 9 194 92
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 459 435 883 202 250 174 54 53 305 154
Median TT (Days) + 1,460 + 867 1,372 + + 214 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 617 + 249 426 + + 54 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
12-17 Years Number of Registrations 89 73 87 60 56 69 58 55 46 48
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 96 105 143 73 136 42 23 9 35 27
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 566 362 783 467 314 307 107 40 105 49
Median TT (Days) + 1,327 + + + + 521 553 249 117
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 1,014 + + + + 211 151 184 87
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + 241
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 327 320 333 280 268 309 215 249 236 215
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 151 132 151 116 121 39 24 9 12 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 690 601 506 391 343 204 81 36 57 49
Median TT (Days) + + + 1,926 1,765 1,185 345 173 184 150
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 1,019 1,199 673 223 104 149 124
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 653 254 271 243
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 517 584 498 480 454 438 316 290 306 326
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 166 148 105 93 114 61 25 10 13 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 488 544 430 334 350 230 76 35 35 57
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 402 157 212 234
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 264 117 128 178
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 642 252 299 378
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 934 915 1,016 964 1,050 1,040 831 970 1,058 1,032
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 140 99 75 74 79 48 16 10 11 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 392 284 200 219 217 174 49 33 35 32
Median TT (Days) 1,000 874 745 764 661 563 167 139 141 153
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 883 781 665 684 603 492 142 116 122 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,469 1,032 821 903 763 690 194 163 160 182
65+ Years Number of Registrations 51 24 49 57 87 92 105 179 268 352
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 49 17 79 59 56 26 6 6 7 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 222 62 168 100 103 77 24 18 20 25
Median TT (Days) 774 317 470 357 228 219 81 52 57 73
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 487 174 242 179 167 118 52 41 48 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 617 467 124 71 76 91


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have been 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.



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