Table 2.
Hospital size in Latin America and the Caribbean by number of beds; 1996-1997*
| Number Of Beds | Hospitals | Beds Available | ||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| 1-50 | 10027 | 60.5 | 219383 | 20.0 |
| 51-100 | 2615 | 15.8 | 189559 | 17.3 |
| 101-200 | 1703 | 10.3 | 242770 | 22.1 |
| 201-300 | 544 | 3.3 | 133225 | 12.1 |
| 301-400 | 242 | 1.5 | 84811 | 7.7 |
| 401-500 | 133 | 0.8 | 58951 | 5.4 |
| 501-1000 | 186 | 1.1 | 126169 | 11.5 |
| >1000 | 29 | 0.2 | 43097 | 3.9 |
| Subtotal | 15479 | 93.4 | ||
| No data | 1087 | 6.5 | ||
| Total | 16566 | 100.0 | 1097965 | 100.0 |
* From PAHO Directory of Latin American and Caribbean Hospitals Database.