Table 3.

Reasons for refusal to donate organs in each Brazilian region from 2002 to 2014.

REGION	REASON FOR REFUSAL	YEAR
		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
NORTH	NAF	28	15	13	31	52	41	38	32	47	66	108	119	118
	CIM	60	69	58	65	78	39	25	55	21	23	52	87	50
	BDNC	0	0	1	3	6	0	7	21	6	18	52	33	22
	II	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	OTHER	0	3	0	0	0	27	23	19	25	31	49	86	141
NORTHEAST	NAF	222	323	289	268	316	290	313	285	436	459	622	719	741
	CIM	138	157	302	271	406	336	195	217	220	208	280	329	408
	BDNC	15	3	13	24	123	130	262	266	279	321	353	154	156
	II	14	19	7	3	3	12	2	0	17	3	0	0	0
	OTHER	46	92	87	48	32	38	145	204	236	231	227	411	424
MIDWEST	NAF	157	161	133	102	115	108	91	94	129	100	119	192	221
	CIM	183	187	272	271	303	183	187	237	171	192	186	191	268
	BDNC	3	6	16	15	28	12	87	9	42	48	76	143	31
	II	7	1	11	5	29	9	5	2	1	4	0	0	0
	OTHER	21	39	29	11	38	108	67	91	129	173	192	139	172
SOUTHEAST	NAF	766	808	717	680	790	753	616	683	908	963	1029	1137	1059
	CIM	859	860	891	870	1055	990	288	374	325	247	188	281	336
	BDNC	55	37	34	24	17	26	32	45	46	74	211	715	682
	II	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	5	0	0	0
	OTHER	321	407	390	374	412	599	1668	1530	1340	1241	1016	579	755
SOUTH	NAF	112	143	207	254	266	315	271	296	280	349	437	455	471
	CIM	154	137	199	254	331	284	144	218	254	162	130	262	287
	BDNC	0	2	5	0	12	26	6	10	4	3	6	247	265
	II	2	2	17	29	29	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	0
	OTHER	40	58	57	29	76	16	206	144	160	247	286	66	31
TOTAL		3204	3534	3749	3636	4518	4344	4689	4832	5081	5190	5619	6345	6638

NAF: family refusal; CIM: medical contraindications; BDNC: brain death not confirmed; II: inadequate infrastructure.