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Table 15.2

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Liver Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race Year of Waiting List Registration
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number of Registrations 10,521 10,881 11,126 9,646 10,324 10,858 10,987 11,037 11,083 11,176
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 28 28 29 14 10 8 8 8 8 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 186 193 168 80 56 43 38 36 40 45
Median TT (Days) 1,745 3,129 + 979 564 400 296 286 319 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,431 2,138 + 842 498 355 278 259 292 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 2,175 + + 1,123 648 446 329 317 346 +
White Number of Registrations 7,871 7,943 7,978 6,904 7,391 7,842 7,829 7,736 7,769 7,744
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 32 32 33 15 10 9 8 9 9 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 190 194 169 84 56 43 38 37 43 46
Median TT (Days) 1,569 2,198 2,616 930 524 391 290 282 317 449
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,248 1,703 1,913 781 456 343 267 253 287 365
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 1,968 + + 1,086 603 438 328 324 358 +
African American Number of Registrations 902 1,001 973 808 905 967 989 1,047 1,043 1,039
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 8 10 14 6 6 6 6 4 5 5
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 138 130 155 43 34 28 27 17 24 27
Median TT (Days) 1,819 + 1,901 498 265 202 195 138 166 220
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 903 + 1,001 318 203 155 159 111 142 170
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 991 407 274 246 173 223 350
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 1,234 1,420 1,621 1,406 1,453 1,482 1,576 1,636 1,610 1,713
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 26 26 32 15 12 10 9 9 8 9
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 195 205 196 106 91 65 50 49 46 61
Median TT (Days) 2,293 + + 2,253 1,598 886 688 506 530 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 1,217 + + 1,314 1,102 634 506 394 414 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + 1,586 995 832 + +
Asian Number of Registrations 457 455 493 439 483 467 490 514 550 561
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 27 11 10 10 6 4 10 8 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 201 322 113 58 63 33 37 55 36 52
Median TT (Days) + + 1,974 538 796 289 210 316 243 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 1,078 300 379 206 176 232 197 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 1,268 + 609 322 527 342 +
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 57 62 60 89 92 100 103 104 111 119
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 12 14 29 12 12 7 4 7 9 6
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 72 60 129 95 49 50 23 34 50 40
Median TT (Days) 627 2,576 + 2,071 176 436 250 400 + 352
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 382 502 + 316 95 177 122 155 + 169
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + 595 + 602 + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT (Days) + + + + + + + + + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + + + + + + + + +
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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