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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Previous Any Organ Tx 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
No Number of Registrations 3,397 3,292 3,233 3,083 2,794 2,746 2,674 2,881 2,940 3,214
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 15 15 15 14 12 10 8 8 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 58 50 46 43 37 33 26 25 37
Median TT (Days) 341 327 251 224 203 163 126 109 112 165
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 299 289 220 203 176 150 116 98 103 147
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 389 366 287 252 231 182 145 122 124 182
Yes Number of Registrations 145 156 167 147 145 136 162 156 172 170
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 7 11 9 9 16 8 10 7 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 110 40 67 76 58 70 41 32 30 51
Median TT (Days) + 549 + 678 362 263 290 204 205 327
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 152 + 290 191 169 150 127 97 160
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 1,094 824 426 + +


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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