TABLE 3.

Type of donors in Latin America from 1997 to 2001/2003

Countrya	% of donors in the different categoriesb
	1997			1999			2001/2002c
	Paid	Rep.	Vol.	Paid	Rep.	Vol.	Paid	Rep.	Vol.
ARG	NId	NI	NI		93	7	NI	NI	NI
BOL	24	69	7	5	92	0.4	13	76	10
BRA	75		25		100			53	47
CHI	0.10	89	0.90	0.10	97.90	2.0		98	2
COL		80	20		99			57	41
COR		100			60	40		52.3	47.7
ECU		59	41		81	20		58.5	41.5
ELS		71	29		91.5	8.5		90	10
GUT		93	7		79	21		96	4
HON	10	58	32	9	73	18	9	69	22
MEX		95	5		96	4		97	3
NIC		57	43		49.5	50.5		41	56
PAN	25	70	5	51	47	2	47	51	2
PAR	1.4	97	1.6		98.3	1.7		97	3
PER	5	95		2	86	8	3	90	6
URU		92	8		92	8		65	35
VEN		100			100			89	11

^aAbbreviations for countries are given in Table 1, footnote a.

^bRep., replacement donors; Vol., volunteer donors. When the total is less than 100%, it is because the rest are autologous donations.

^cData from Argentina, Bolivia, and Panama are from 2001; all others were from 2002.

^dNI, no information available.