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Health > Transplants Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Japan

Definitions

  • Kidney: The number of kidney transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
  • Kidney per million: The number of kidney transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Liver: The number of liver transplants in the nation in 2002.(If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
  • Liver per million: The number of liver transplants in the nation in 2002.(If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Pancreas: The number of pancreas transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
  • Pancreas per million: The number of pancreas transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total: The total of our statistics for kidney, liver, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, heart, lung, heart-lung and intestine transplants. Note that, in some cases, the figures for each individual organ type were taken in different years (either 2000, 2001, or 2002). Thus these totals are suggestive but not conclusive.
  • Total per million: The total of our statistics for kidney, liver, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, heart, lung, heart-lung and intestine transplants. Note that, in some cases, the figures for each individual organ type were taken in different years (either 2000, 2001, or 2002). Thus these totals are suggestive but not conclusive. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Brazil Japan
Kidney 1,145 kidney transplants
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Japan
309 kidney transplants
Ranked 13th.
Kidney per million 6.38 kidney transplants
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Japan
2.42 kidney transplants
Ranked 38th.
Liver 147 liver transplants
Ranked 9th. 4% more than Japan
141 liver transplants
Ranked 11th.
Liver per million 0.819 liver transplants
Ranked 26th.
1.11 liver transplants
Ranked 24th. 35% more than Brazil
Pancreas 17 pancreas transplants
Ranked 2nd. 17 times more than Japan
1 pancreas transplants
Ranked 11th.
Pancreas per million 0.0948 pancreas transplants
Ranked 9th. 12 times more than Japan
0.00785 pancreas transplants
Ranked 11th.
Total 1,368 transplants
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Japan
453 transplants
Ranked 14th.
Total per million 7.63 transplants
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Japan
3.55 transplants
Ranked 38th.

SOURCES: Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002); Abstracted from center-specific counts (Worldwide Transplant Center Directory, 2002). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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