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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Gender 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
Female Number of Registrations 953 891 895 911 809 812 783 815 847 946
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 14 10 11 10 13 9 8 8 7 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 55 42 38 34 41 30 28 26 23 33
Median TT (Days) 250 237 174 179 148 143 121 98 107 129
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 197 186 145 149 122 112 100 84 90 108
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 344 301 228 240 214 170 151 127 141 166
Male Number of Registrations 2,589 2,557 2,505 2,319 2,130 2,070 2,053 2,222 2,265 2,438
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 17 15 16 14 13 10 9 8 12
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 80 65 58 56 46 41 37 26 26 41
Median TT (Days) 389 364 302 247 222 179 139 116 116 180
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 341 323 262 222 200 159 122 103 105 160
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 452 424 349 290 263 203 157 132 129 203


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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