TABLE 8.

Estimates of the total number of cases of blood-borne transmitted diseases, spreading index, and case/blood donation ratio by country and year in Latin America in 1993 to 2002^a

Countryb	1993-1995c			1997			1999			2001/2002d
	No. of cases	Spreading index/104	Infection/donation ratio	No. of cases	Spreading index/104	Infection/donation ratio	No. of cases	Spreading index/104	Infection/donation ratio	No. of cases	Spreading index/104	Infection/donation ratio
ARG	3,280a	40a	1:248a	381	5	1:1,948	355	4	1:2,282	91	1	1:8,835
BOL	996	262	1:38	1,049	262	1:38	1,573	763	1:13	124	50	1:200
BRA							0	0	0	0	0	0
CHI	915	42	1:237	9	0	1:24,521	29	1	1:7,530	11	0	1:20,556
COL	3,259	93	1:108	8	0	1:52,788	2	0	1:176,996	26	1	1:16,342
COR	234	46	1:217	281	48	1:208	244	26	1:383	29	5	1:1,844
ECU	159b	16b	1:619b	29	3	1:3,814	12	1	1:8,621	0	0	0
ELS	180	37	1:267	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GUT	314	69	1:145				11	3	1:2,904	121	17	1:595
HON	21	8	1:1,328	10	4	1:2,796	21	5	1:1,949	11	3	1:3,705
MEX							722	7	1:1,513	360	4	1:2,853
NIC	181	39	1:254	80	17	1:582	0	0	0	64	13	1:764
PAN	100b	38b	1:263b	155	37	1:273	103	23	1:426	52	12	1:824
PAR	164b	50b	1:201b	117	29	1:341	78	17	1:585	14	3	1:3,252
PER				262	13	1:777	4	0	1:77,888	6	0	1:24,846
URU	0b	0b	0b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VEN	1,298	64	1:157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aWhen transmission is 0, possibility of residual transmission is not taken into account.

^bAbbreviations of countries are given in Table 1, footnote a.

^cNumbers followed by “a” were obtained in 1995; those followed by “b” were obtained in 1994; all others were obtained in 1993.

^dData from Argentina, Bolivia, and Panama are from 2001; the rest are from 2002.