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Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Health > Hospital beds > Per 1,000 people

DEFINITION: Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Barbados 7.56 per 1,000 people 1996
2 Bermuda 6.3 per 1,000 people 1996
3 Grenada 5.7 per 1,000 people 2003
4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.5 per 1,000 people 2003
5 Cuba 4.9 per 1,000 people 2003
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.5 per 1,000 people 2003
7 Argentina 4.1 per 1,000 people 2000
8 Dominica 3.9 per 1,000 people 2002
9 Suriname 3.6 per 1,000 people 2001
=10 The Bahamas 3.4 per 1,000 people 2002
=10 Trinidad and Tobago 3.4 per 1,000 people 2001
12 Saint Lucia 3.2 per 1,000 people 2002
13 Cayman Islands 3 per 1,000 people 1990
14 Guyana 2.9 per 1,000 people 2001
15 Brazil 2.7 per 1,000 people 2002
16 Chile 2.6 per 1,000 people 2002
=17 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5 per 1,000 people 2003
=17 Panama 2.5 per 1,000 people 2002
19 Dominican Republic 2.1 per 1,000 people 2003
20 Uruguay 1.9 per 1,000 people 2003
21 El Salvador 1.65 per 1,000 people 1996
22 Ecuador 1.5 per 1,000 people 2002
=23 Jamaica 1.4 per 1,000 people 2003
=23 Costa Rica 1.4 per 1,000 people 2003
=23 Peru 1.4 per 1,000 people 2003
26 Belize 1.3 per 1,000 people 2003
27 Paraguay 1.2 per 1,000 people 2002
28 Colombia 1.1 per 1,000 people 2003
=29 Mexico 1 per 1,000 people 2003
=29 Bolivia 1 per 1,000 people 2003
=29 Honduras 1 per 1,000 people 2002
32 Nicaragua 0.9 per 1,000 people 2003
=33 Venezuela 0.8 per 1,000 people 2001
=33 Haiti 0.8 per 1,000 people 2000
35 Guatemala 0.5 per 1,000 people 2002

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