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Health > Transplants Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & South Africa

Definitions

  • Heart: The number of heart transplants in the nation in 2002. (If the surveyed year is different, it is given in brackets).
  • Heart per million: The number of heart 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.
  • 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 New Zealand South Africa
Heart 8 heart transplants
Ranked 25th.
12 heart transplants
Ranked 23th. 50% more than New Zealand
Heart per million 2.03 heart transplants
Ranked 13th. 8 times more than South Africa
0.264 heart transplants
Ranked 25th.
Liver 38 liver transplants
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than South Africa
12 liver transplants
Ranked 28th.
Liver per million 9.62 liver transplants
Ranked 9th. 37 times more than South Africa
0.264 liver transplants
Ranked 28th.
Total 54 transplants
Ranked 38th.
300 transplants
Ranked 18th. 6 times more than New Zealand
Total per million 13.68 transplants
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than South Africa
6.59 transplants
Ranked 30th.

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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