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29/10/2012
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States that performed best were Santa Catarina, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul
Organ donation in Brazil grew 20% in the period that includes January to September 2012.
According to ABTO (Brazilian Association of Organ Transplants), the country reached the mark of 1,852 donors, 20% more compared to the same period last year.
States that performed best were Santa Catarina (with 25.6 donors per million inhabitants), Ceará (22.1), Distrito Federal (20.8), São Paulo (19.1) and Rio Grande do Sul (17 ).
In the period were performed kidney transplants 4086, 1239 liver, heart 168, 118, pancreas, and lung 50 11 744 cornea.
While the lung transplants show a significant increase of 43%, the heart increased 40%.
Source: See On Line
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