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Indicators & Data

Annual Cataract Surgical Rate 2000
Annual cataract operations per million Latin America Caribbean
<500 Nicaragua, Honduras Haiti
500 – 750 Bolivia, R. Dominicana, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru. Belize, Guyana, Jamaica
751 - 1,000 Ecuador St. Lucia
1,001 - 1,500 Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba Antigua, St. Vincent
1,501 - 2,000   Dominica, Grenada
>2,000   Barbados, Trinidad

Eye Care Providers 2000
Ophthalmologists per million population Latin America Caribbean
<5 - Haiti
5-15 Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia
16-25 Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican R. Belize, St. Vincent, Trinidad
26-35 Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Panama. Antigua
36-45 Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela Barbados
>45 Argentina, Cuba  
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