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Table 12.2

Time to Transplant, 1998 to 2007

New Lung Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race Year of Waiting List Registration
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total Number of Registrations 2,084 1,990 1,974 2,032 1,887 1,953 1,999 1,562 1,774 1,957
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 121 139 110 86 80 87 45 18 9 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 369 450 360 284 250 240 184 54 31 35
Median TT (Days) 1,105 2,897 1,663 1,224 1,057 924 792 199 132 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 977 1,515 1,233 988 877 768 666 176 114 127
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,364 + + 1,983 1,296 1,157 965 228 151 157
White Number of Registrations 1,796 1,679 1,674 1,714 1,566 1,649 1,675 1,294 1,455 1,609
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 111 133 104 83 73 81 43 17 9 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 348 411 341 265 237 226 174 49 30 35
Median TT (Days) 958 1,449 1,217 980 891 809 697 180 128 133
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 884 1,099 1,021 914 769 699 597 155 107 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,073 2,766 1,779 1,224 1,086 985 842 202 148 153
African American Number of Registrations 178 193 175 201 178 173 178 130 176 164
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 189 259 166 104 136 194 81 22 13 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 588 776 405 446 476 403 278 82 31 34
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + 421 132 249
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + 228 97 140
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + 183 +
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 78 83 93 87 92 97 116 87 111 145
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 191 162 189 112 126 85 53 20 11 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 752 772 789 502 299 322 136 88 36 35
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + 182 169
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + 119 94
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Asian Number of Registrations 27 27 27 25 37 23 21 37 20 27
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 200 862 436 219 158 79 25 14 10 29
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 410 + + 904 514 101 514 115 23 36
Median TT (Days) + + + + + 1,213 + + 262 177
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + 250 + + 44 72
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 5 8 5 5 10 11 9 14 12 12
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 1 6 60 229 43 150 86 62 203 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 1,485 39 424 + 58 389 203 205 235 25
Median TT (Days) + 174 + + + + 311 + 424 82
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 98 + + + + 203 + 273 25
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + 776 + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 0 4 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 1, 2008.

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