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Table 15.3

Time to Transplant, 1999 to 2008

New Heart Waiting List Registrations

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Number of Registrations 2,737 2,660 2,522 2,323 2,046 1,992 1,937 2,082 2,089 2,208
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 15 15 14 14 12 10 9 8 13
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 76 61 55 47 44 42 35 29 25 43
Median TT (Days) 374 357 272 225 218 172 129 124 119 188
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 328 308 239 203 190 156 116 112 105 169
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 443 411 313 255 253 196 151 141 137 212
African American Number of Registrations 520 477 496 529 520 532 543 569 591 729
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 13 17 14 16 16 10 11 9 9 10
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 68 62 50 50 49 32 38 22 29 35
Median TT (Days) 329 325 289 280 201 173 142 97 112 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 231 229 207 184 135 129 118 78 96 114
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 457 484 483 382 269 254 179 122 131 216
Hispanic/Latino Number of Registrations 214 229 272 259 277 251 241 270 309 324
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 13 17 12 14 9 12 7 6 7 11
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 60 50 36 42 40 34 30 20 21 30
Median TT (Days) 348 210 164 184 162 138 161 77 110 114
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 247 143 121 141 105 101 108 58 70 88
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 958 346 346 330 281 248 311 104 171 194
Asian Number of Registrations 59 69 96 87 74 79 87 87 92 94
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 9 7 12 11 8 5 6 6 6 7
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 42 12 38 31 31 18 13 20 14 20
Median TT (Days) 117 106 155 203 124 90 60 58 40 62
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 59 43 90 77 87 51 33 41 30 38
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound 237 207 290 + 413 184 110 98 77 139
Other/Multi-race Number of Registrations 12 13 14 31 22 28 28 29 31 29
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 20 10 24 39 19 5 9 17 5 17
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 79 40 93 124 67 19 35 69 63 55
Median TT (Days) 262 136 480 + 114 140 182 360 333 107
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 145 40 112 + 70 44 46 140 132 66
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + 345 + + 800 380 + + + +
Unknown Number of Registrations 0 0 0 1 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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