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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Age at Registration 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 Year Number of Registrations 136 141 178 186 132 168 140 169 169 223
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 16 7 11 19 9 12 14 7 8 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 46 22 45 55 27 40 39 22 21 42
Median TT (Days) 256 143 + + 107 154 151 65 127 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 126 60 + + 75 94 93 48 71 87
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + + + + + 157 + +
1-5 Years Number of Registrations 100 97 117 116 94 99 95 100 114 133
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 8 6 12 9 7 13 6 15 16
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 31 30 19 27 58 21 35 27 40 46
Median TT (Days) 146 171 95 124 645 57 134 71 112 108
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 79 88 49 59 112 42 81 56 85 78
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 459 461 321 375 + 124 278 159 261 153
6-11 Years Number of Registrations 75 62 59 92 91 76 75 74 69 87
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 12 4 7 9 8 8 9 6 8
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 21 17 22 20 22 15 29 19 21
Median TT (Days) 129 70 39 84 61 112 88 102 56 85
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 67 45 25 35 39 72 40 58 40 61
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 333 105 92 163 91 358 219 167 106 128
12-17 Years Number of Registrations 120 116 125 115 134 116 145 138 127 115
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 11 6 10 8 9 8 5 6 5 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 30 22 31 22 24 21 13 14 10 20
Median TT (Days) 140 110 137 92 75 70 64 52 39 59
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 84 65 89 64 56 53 41 29 31 48
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 283 168 316 179 125 120 88 107 63 92
18-34 Years Number of Registrations 312 279 337 329 309 337 324 312 325 337
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 15 12 14 13 20 12 9 8 7 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 63 49 46 45 50 46 37 25 20 41
Median TT (Days) 337 278 248 211 218 217 129 133 98 184
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 209 159 185 142 157 158 114 92 64 136
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 853 547 331 362 307 346 185 181 131 344
35-49 Years Number of Registrations 728 762 717 669 639 589 568 638 641 700
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 23 22 14 19 13 13 12 9 9 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 87 70 58 54 48 48 43 32 30 42
Median TT (Days) 483 398 269 275 222 217 141 136 123 194
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 333 306 216 220 167 171 114 111 107 159
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 698 560 416 352 303 264 169 176 158 258
50-64 Years Number of Registrations 1,782 1,716 1,618 1,476 1,317 1,284 1,242 1,332 1,335 1,413
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 17 19 15 16 13 9 10 9 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 73 70 59 52 47 35 28 27 42
Median TT (Days) 386 377 304 255 261 175 164 123 128 203
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 340 326 260 223 220 153 142 103 111 174
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 448 446 361 297 328 199 192 148 156 239
65+ Years Number of Registrations 288 275 247 239 221 210 246 272 332 375
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 18 16 9 12 12 6 8 6 7 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 54 35 35 39 22 25 24 19 32
Median TT (Days) 261 312 137 135 157 85 74 76 103 140
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 180 207 100 89 100 57 63 63 68 119
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 513 470 273 194 233 149 94 104 156 187
Unknown Number of Registrations 1 0 2 8 2 3 1 2 0 1
10th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 240 26 + 86 49 17 + +
25th Percentile of TT (Days) + + 240 133 + 86 49 17 + +
Median TT (Days) + + 240 160 + 94 49 17 + +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + + 240 143 + 86 + 17 + +
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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