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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Heart Beginning Status Year of Waiting List Registration
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number of Registrations 3,542 3,448 3,400 3,230 2,939 2,882 2,836 3,037 3,112 3,384
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 15 14 14 14 12 10 9 8 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 73 57 51 46 44 38 33 26 25 38
Median TT (Days) 359 327 264 230 209 166 131 111 114 168
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 314 290 232 207 181 153 120 101 104 152
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 411 368 300 259 233 185 149 124 127 188
1 Number of Registrations 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) 139 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 94 + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 643 + + + + + + + + +
1A Number of Registrations 779 885 902 944 787 760 736 742 867 993
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 7 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 19 17 18 19 16 15 11 10 9 16
Median TT (Days) 99 94 97 91 69 65 53 42 32 59
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 79 77 78 74 54 57 47 35 27 51
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 153 127 130 124 86 83 64 50 42 73
1B Number of Registrations 694 712 776 734 740 759 782 920 923 1,107
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 15 13 12 11 9 9 8 8 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 37 35 30 31 30 26 23 20 20 34
Median TT (Days) 120 114 94 84 92 91 81 65 66 115
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 104 97 82 76 81 76 70 58 60 101
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 137 142 114 107 108 116 95 75 78 136
2 Number of Registrations 1,943 1,791 1,661 1,477 1,335 1,268 1,208 1,244 1,179 1,129
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 61 48 45 42 42 31 26 22 27 40
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 170 150 130 127 117 93 76 63 86 109
Median TT (Days) 734 641 495 462 460 327 239 234 314 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 608 566 429 407 386 283 212 213 281 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 868 766 590 526 543 385 284 264 383 +
Other Number of Registrations 40 60 61 75 77 95 110 131 143 155
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 36 24 35 79 36 28 25 16 25 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 82 109 167 177 69 81 59 49 84 86
Median TT (Days) 250 2,995 + + 1,083 559 217 259 209 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 119 271 + + 236 271 122 161 140 +
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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