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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 1,679 1,674 1,714 1,566 1,649 1,676 1,294 1,454 1,608 1,635
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 133 104 83 73 81 43 17 9 11 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 411 341 265 236 226 174 49 30 35 35
Median TT (Days) 1,449 1,217 980 891 809 697 181 128 136 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,099 1,021 914 769 699 597 157 108 120 126
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,766 1,779 1,224 1,086 985 845 204 148 153 163
African American Number of Registrations 193 175 201 178 173 178 130 175 165 197
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 259 166 104 136 194 81 22 13 12 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 776 405 446 476 403 278 82 31 35 39
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 421 132 276 202
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 228 101 140 140
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 1,428 183 400 293
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 83 93 87 92 97 116 88 111 147 121
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 162 189 112 126 85 53 19 11 8 14
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 772 789 502 299 322 136 88 36 35 40
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 709 192 168 126
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 283 119 94 92
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 329 220
Asian Number of Registrations 27 27 25 37 23 21 37 20 27 32
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 862 436 219 158 79 25 14 10 29 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 904 514 101 514 115 23 36 27
Median TT (Days) + + + + 1,213 + + 262 177 145
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 250 + + 44 72 58
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 8 5 5 10 11 9 15 15 12 20
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 6 60 229 43 150 86 62 6 5 22
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 39 424 + 58 389 203 205 160 25 63
Median TT (Days) 174 + + + + 311 + 284 82 220
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 98 + + + + 203 + 203 25 104
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 776 + + 636 +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 273 + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + 273 + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + 301 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 273 + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +


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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