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. 2022 Apr 9;57(6):1021–1024. doi: 10.1038/s41409-022-01667-w

Table 1.

HSC donations per patient continent and country/region.

Patient continent, country/region 2019 BM/PBSCa 2020 BM/PBSCa ∆n (%) BM/PBSCa 2019 CBUsb 2020 CBUsb ∆n (%) CBUsb
Africa 33 39 +6 (+18.2%) 0 0 0
Asia 5256 4778 −478 (−9.1%) 1637 1662 +25 (+1.5%)
Europe 8718 8513 −205 (−2.4%) 332 374 +42 (+12.7%)
North America 5288 5376 +88 (+1.7%) 765 627 −138 (−18.0%)
Oceania 395 414 +19 (+4.8%) 39 27 −12 (−30.8%)
South America 554 399 −155 (−28.0%) 78 60 −18 (−23.1%)
Totalc 20,330 19,623 −707 (−3.5%) 2851 2750 −101 (−3.5%)
Top 10 increased 2019 BM/PBSCa 2020 BM/PBSCa ∆n (%) BM/PBSCa 2019 CBUsb 2020 CBUsb ∆n (%) CBUsb COVID-19 cases/1 M inhab COVID-19 rel deaths/1 M inhab
Italy 827 894 +67 (+8.1%) 24 20 −4 (−16.7%) 34,851 1227
Netherlands 383 449 +66 (+17.2%) 72 69 −3 (−4.2%) 47,178 673
Canada 509 557 +48 (+9.4%) 45 57 +12 (+26.7%) 15,564 418
Iran 136 175 +39 (+28.7%) 20 0 −20 (−100%) 14,586 657
USA 4773 4,803 +30 (+0.6%) 710 561 −149 (−21.0%) 60,943 1063
Australia 339 365 +26 (+7.7%) 37 24 −13 (−35.1%) 1115 36
Taiwan 210 235 +25 (+11.9%) 19 11 −8 (−42.1%) 34 0
Spain 446 459 +13 (+2.9%) 17 22 +5 (+29.4%) 41,242 1087
Finland 89 100 +11 (+12.4%) 1 0 −1 (−100%) 6517 101
Portugal 62 72 +10 (+16.1%) 1 0 −1 (−100%) 40,570 677
Top 10 decreased 2019 BM/PBSCa 2020 BM/PBSCa ∆n (%) BM/PBSCa 2019 CBUsb 2020 CBUsb ∆n (%) CBUsb COVID-19 cases/1 M inhab COVID-19 rel deaths/1 M inhab
Turkey 1013 866 −147 (−14.5%) 4 0 −4 (−100%) 26,188 248
Japan 1222 1094 −128 (−10.5%) 1416 1522 +106 (+7.5%) 1864 28
China 1571 1469 −102 (−6.5%) UNK UNK NA” 66 3
Brazil 366 265 −101 (−27.6%) 16 8 −8 (−50%) 36,112 917
Russia 165 73 −92 (−55.8%) 0 0 0 21,430 386
UK 1078 989 −89 (−8.3%) 101 140 +39 (+38.6%) 36,771 1084
India 197 111 −86 (−43.7%) 0 0 0 7454 108
Germany 2540 2479 −61 (−2.4%) 6 2 −4 (−66.7%) 20,850 403
Argentina 129 96 −33 (−25.6%) 1 1 0 35,966 957
South Korea 569 539 −30 (−5.3%) UNK UNK NA~ 1205 18

HSC donations shipped within and to that continent/country/region; “The 2020 numbers for CBU in China were incomplete; ~The 2019 numbers for CBU in South Korea were incomplete.

NA Not available, UKN unknown.

aBM/PBSC bone marrow/peripheral blood stem cell.

bCBUs cord blood units.

cIn 2019 86 BM/PBSC and in 2020 104 BM/PBSC were shipped to unknown continent/country/region and therefore are only included in the total number