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From: Intimacy or utility? Organ donation and the choice between palliation and ventilation

Figure 3

Brain death rates and 2010 deceased donation rates. Brain death (BD) rates and 2010 deceased donation (DD) rates of countries with published national rates of BD. Graphic demonstrating a high degree of correlation between countries with high (>40 per million population (pmp)) rates of BD and high (>20 pmp) DD rates. The lower DD rates for the UK and Australia correlate with their lower BD rates. Data for DD from [6]. Data for BD from [16] for Spain, [20] for France, [44] for USA midpoint, [38] for Belgium, [45] for the UK, and [46] for Australia.

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