DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- During surgical operation
- During infusion or transfusion
- During kidney dialysis or othe Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Luxembourg: | 2.13415 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #2 | Slovenia: | 0.99453 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #3 | Estonia: | 0.750188 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #4 | Moldova: | 0.448934 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #5 | Croatia: | 0.22242 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #6 | Dominican Republic: | 0.220994 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #7 | Romania: | 0.134348 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #8 | Korea, South: | 0.102794 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #9 | Hungary: | 0.09993 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #10 | Netherlands: | 0.0609496 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #11 | Venezuela: | 0.0394089 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #12 | Poland: | 0.025935 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #13 | Argentina: | 0.0252921 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #14 | Spain: | 0.0247887 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #15 | Germany: | 0.0242627 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #16 | Colombia: | 0.0232807 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #17 | Brazil: | 0.0161192 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #18 | Japan: | 0.00784825 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| #19 | United States: | 0.00338142 deaths per 1 million peo | |
| |
Weighted average: |
0.3 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- During surgical operation
- During infusion or transfusion
- During kidney dialysis or othe Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.