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Table 13.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart-Lung Waiting List Registrations

Blood Type 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 + + + + + + + + + +
O Number of Registrations 53 59 49 39 32 40 31 33 20 21
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 129 427 277 63 188 35 54 43 18 68
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 402 + + 1,052 254 313 120 750 113 402
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + 1,316 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + 420 + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
A Number of Registrations 34 40 41 29 25 26 24 34 23 21
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 58 104 68 21 77 101 19 6 22 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 338 1,135 296 229 132 334 82 111 55 55
Median TT (Days) + + + + 1,258 + + + 280 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 208 + + + 89 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
B Number of Registrations 15 11 12 16 8 9 4 4 6 9
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 23 177 671 12 196 34 92 226 144 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 413 2,458 746 184 255 103 92 226 + 38
Median TT (Days) + + + + 387 + 281 + + 162
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + 361 + 92 + + 38
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + + + +
AB Number of Registrations 7 6 4 4 4 3 0 6 1 2
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 3 25 59 254 27 71 + 1 2 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 137 254 59 254 27 71 + 53 2 20
Median TT (Days) + 378 238 + 69 126 + 79 2 20
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 254 59 + 27 71 + 53 + 20
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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