Table 2.
Socioeconomic indexes, prevalence and incidence of renal replacement therapy and transplantation rate
| Country | Population1 | GNI | LEB |
Prevalence rates, pmp |
Incidence rate | Kidney Tx, n | Tx by deceased donors, % | Kidney Tx rate | Nephro-logists, n | Nephro-logists, pmp | ||||
| HD | PD | Total dialysis | LFG | Total RRT | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 42202935 | 13690 | 76 | 626.6 | 36.0 | 662.7 | 197.2 | 859.9 | 160.2 | 1287 | 68.4 | 30.5 | 1150 | 27.2 |
| Bolivia | 10448913 | 2220 | 67 | 195.2 | 18.3 | 213.5 | 31.6 | 245.1 | 94.8 | 75 | 24.0 | 7.2 | 24 | 2.3 |
| Brazil | 202740000 | 11640 | 74 | 449.6 | 45.6 | 495.2 | 212.6 | 707.8 | 180.3 | 5433 | 74.7 | 26.8 | 3300 | 16.3 |
| Chile | 17819054 | 14290 | 80 | 1019.1 | 61.2 | 1080.3 | 205.1 | 1285.4 | 182.4 | 234 | 74.8 | 13.1 | 132 | 7.4 |
| Colombia | 47661787 | 7020 | 74 | 349.0 | 143.6 | 492.6 | 111.3 | 603.9 | 89.7 | 680 | 99.7 | 14.3 | 95 | 2.0 |
| Costa Rica | 4773730 | 8850 | 80 | 42.3 | 76.0 | 118.4 | 282.6 | 400.9 | ND | 105 | 48.6 | 22.0 | 24 | 5.0 |
| Cuba | 11163934 | 6051 | 79 | 259.1 | 10.1 | 269.3 | 78.4 | 347.6 | 103.1 | 174 | ND | 15.6 | 524 | 46.9 |
| Ecuador | 16100000 | 3600 | 76 | 481.8 | 48.0 | 529.8 | 20.4 | 550.2 | 177.6 | 127 | 81.1 | 7.9 | 143 | 8.9 |
| El Salvador | 6401240 | 5360 | 72 | 232.5 | 288.7 | 521.1 | 73.6 | 594.7 | 390.1 | 20 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 47 | 7.3 |
| Guatemala | 16173133 | 3130 | 72 | 157.7 | 221.3 | 379.0 | 54.0 | 433.0 | 124.8 | 90 | 13.3 | 5.6 | 54 | 3.3 |
| Honduras | 8500000 | 2140 | 73 | 186.9 | 14.4 | 201.3 | 8.4 | 209.6 | 176.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 2.1 |
| Jalisco (Mexico) | 7742303 | ND | ND | 599.4 | 486.7 | 1086.1 | 567.4 | 1653.5 | 420.9 | 447 | 16.1 | 57.7 | 45 | 5.8 |
| Nicaragua | 6146000 | 1690 | 74 | 211.5 | 24.4 | 235.9 | 21.2 | 257.1 | 24.4 | 11 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 28 | 4.6 |
| Panamá | 3975404 | 9030 | 77 | 495.0 | 90.3 | 585.3 | 110.7 | 696.0 | 462.1 | 48 | 73.1 | 12.1 | 25 | 6.3 |
| Paraguay | 6783374 | 3310 | 75 | 165.7 | 4.0 | 169.7 | 19.9 | 189.6 | 20.2 | 26 | 79.0 | 3.8 | 46 | 6.8 |
| Perú | 30297279 | 5680 | 72 | 272.2 | 43.1 | 315.3 | 63.2 | 378.5 | 30.0 | 184 | 75.0 | 6.1 | 301 | 9.9 |
| Puerto Rico | 3615000 | 18370 | 79 | 1362.1 | 106.2 | 1468.3 | 378.4 | 1846.7 | 432.9 | 80 | 86.3 | 22.1 | 97 | 26.8 |
| Rep Dominicana | 12000000 | 5570 | 73 | 178.8 | 47.3 | 226.1 | 52.8 | 278.9 | 208.3 | 84 | 92.9 | 7.0 | 135 | 11.3 |
| Uruguay | 3406545 | 13670 | 77 | 692.2 | 71.6 | 763.8 | 323.5 | 1087.3 | 157.3 | 105 | 91.4 | 30.8 | 173 | 50.8 |
| Venezuela | 30389596 | 12460 | 74 | 505.1 | 0.0 | 505.1 | 60.8 | 565.9 | ND | 281 | 69.8 | 9.2 | 502 | 16.5 |
| Totals | 488340227 | 147771 | 75 | 442.0 | 67.0 | 509.0 | 159.0 | 669.0 | 149 | 9491 | 70.4 | 19.4 | 6863 | 14.0 |
1
Most population data were provided by the participating countries; when not provided, data from the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre-Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean were used instead. LEB: Life expectancy at birth; ND: Not detailed; Tx: Transplant.