According to "A worldwide study of umbilical cord cell banking", there were about 100 cord blood banks worldwide, out of which 40% were in Europe, 30% in the US and Canada, 20% in Asia and 10% in Australia. [1]
In Hong Kong, CRYOLIFE was the first company to offer private cord blood banking service when we were launched in 1998. As of winter 2012, CRYOLIFE manages an inventory of 20,000+ cord blood units for its clients in Hong Kong.
Inventory and Use
| Netcord Inventory and Use (as of 2012 Q2) | ||||
| Inventory | Released for transplants | Age < 18 | Age > 18 | |
| Durham, USA | 29,999 | 1,688 | - | - |
| Barcelona | 16,332 | 1,142 | 355 | 787 |
| Dusseldorf | 19,111 | 953 | 385 | 513 |
| Milan | 9,206 | 513 | 275 | 238 |
| London | 17,010 | 381 | 184 | 197 |
| New York | 54,750 | 3,499 | 2,077 | 1,422 |
| Tokyo | 6,704 | 1,388 | 298 | 1,090 |
Source: https://www.netcord.eu/inventory.html (accessed 2012 Q2)
Footnotes:
[1] “Ethical Aspects of Umbilical Cord Blood Banking” Opinion of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission, No 19, 16 March 2004, retrieved on line, (accessed 30 May 2007).
