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Table 13.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart-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 109 116 106 88 69 78 59 77 50 53
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 109 237 112 48 77 44 50 17 18 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 402 + 534 409 225 284 100 142 89 72
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
White Number of Registrations 84 85 79 64 50 59 39 57 31 33
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 109 180 112 48 69 57 50 11 13 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 399 1,135 515 256 208 315 100 149 50 72
Median TT (Days) + + + + 741 + + + 433 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 294 + + + 113 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
African American Number of Registrations 13 14 18 12 6 9 8 9 7 9
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 201 372 108 409 + 7 7 50 22 55
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 1,049 + + 334 87 226 + 402
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 394 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 120 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 9 12 7 6 11 5 10 6 10 6
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 354 67 267 121 7 20 68 55 122
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 211 2,458 392 851 138 27 99 + 280 151
Median TT (Days) 638 + + + 387 + + + + 302
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 211 + + + 237 + + + + 151
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 3 5 1 2 1 4 2 3 2 3
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,961 1,934 + + + 103 112 4 89 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,961 1,934 + + + 103 112 4 89 8
Median TT (Days) 1,961 + + + + 185 112 53 89 46
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,961 + + + + 103 112 4 89 8
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 464 9 + 35 + + + 26
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 464 9 + 35 + + + 26
Median TT (Days) + + 464 18 + 35 + + + 26
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + 9 + + + + + 26
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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