A.1- Population
DEFINITION: All the inhabitants of a country, territory, or geographic area, for a given sex and/or age group, at a specific point of time. In demographic terms it is the number of inhabitants of a given sex and/or age group that actually live within the border limits of the country, territory, or geographic area at a specific point of time, usually mid-year. The mid-year population refers to the actual population at July 1st.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: thousands
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

A.2- Proportion of urban population
DEFINITION: The percentage of total population of a country, territory, or geographic area living in places defined as urban, at a specific point of time, usually mid-year. The term urban refers essentially to cities, towns, and other densely populated areas. The demarcation of urban areas is usually defined by countries as part of census procedures, and is usually based on the size of localities, and/or the classification of areas as administrative centers or in accordance to special criteria such as population density or type of economic activity of residents. There is no international agreed definition of urban areas, and national operational definitions may vary from country to country.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Urban population data represent mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations quinquennial urban population projections, which are sufficiently uniform and consistent with the United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

A.3- Proportion of population less than 15 years old
DEFINITION: The percentage of total population of a country, territory, or geographic area, under 15 years of age, for a given sex and at a specific point of time, usually mid-year.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

A.4- Proportion of population 60 years and older
DEFINITION: The percentage of total population of a country, territory, or geographic area, 60 years of age and over, for a given sex and at a specific point of time, usually mid-year.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

A.5- Dependency ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of economically dependent population per 100 economically productive population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific point in time. In demographic terms, economically dependent population is defined as the sum of the population under 15 years of age plus the population 65 years of age and over, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific point in time, usually mid-year; economically productive population is defined as the population between 15 and 64 years of age, for the same country, territory, or geographic area, at the same specific point in time.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: dependent population per 100 productive population

A.6- Annual population growth rate
DEFINITION: The annual average rate of change of population size, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, during a specified period. It expresses the ratio between the annual increase in the population size and the total population for that year, usually multiplied by 100. The annual increase in the population size is defined as a sum of differences: the difference between births less deaths and the difference between immigrants less emigrants, in a given country, territory or geographic area at a given year.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population growth rate is generally based on either an intercensal population growth rate calculated from two censuses, each adjusted for incompleteness, or from the components of population growth, adjusted for incompleteness when necessary, during a specific period, namely, numbers of births, deaths, immigrants, and emigrants. Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

A.7- Total fertility rate
DEFINITION: The expected average number of children that would be born to a woman in her lifetime, if she were to pass through her childbearing years experiencing the age-specific fertility rates prevailing in a given year/period, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Total fertility rate is directly calculated as the sum of age-specific fertility rates (usually referring to women aged 15 to 49 years), or five times the sum if data are given in five-year age groups. An age- or age-group-specific fertility rate is calculated as the ratio of annual births to women at a given age or age-group to the population of women at the same age or age-group, in the same year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Index
MEASURE UNIT: Children per woman

A.8- Annual birth average
DEFINITION: Total average number of live births expected in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: The annual births average corresponds to a mid-year estimated value, consistent with the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: thousands

A.9- Crude birth rate
DEFINITION: The average annual rate of change in the number of live births in a population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, during a specified period. It expresses the ratio between the number of live births in a population during a given year and the total mid-year population for the same year, usually multiplied by 1,000.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

A.10- Annual death average
DEFINITION: Total average number of deaths expected in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: The annual deaths average corresponds to a mid-year estimated value, consistent with the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: thousands

A.11- Crude death rate
DEFINITION: The average annual rate of change in the number of deaths in a population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, during a specified period. It expresses the ratio between the number of deaths in a population during a given year and the total mid-year population for the same year, usually multiplied by 1,000.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Population data correspond to mid-year estimated values, obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

A.12- Life expectancy at birth
DEFINITION: The average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Life expectancy at birth is derived from life tables, it is based on sex- and age-specific death rates, and its calculation involves several steps. Life expectancy at birth values correspond to mid-year estimates, consistent with the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Index
MEASURE UNIT: Years
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

B.1- Calories availability
DEFINITION: The average nutritional energy content of the total daily per capita food supply, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, over a specific period in time, usually a year.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Calorie availability is derived from food balance sheets standardized for a range of primary food commodities for human consumption, originated from supply/utilization national accounts maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Kcal/day per capita

B.2- Literacy rate
DEFINITION: The proportion of the adult population aged 15 years and over which is literate, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population, for a given sex, in a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific point in time, usually mid-year. For statistical purposes, a person is literate who can with understanding both read and write a short simple statement on his/her everyday life.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Literacy rate definition complies with the revised recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Educational Statistics, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Literacy rate data represent mid-year estimated values, consistent with the 1998 UNESCO\'s revision of the world adult literacy estimates and projections.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

B.3- Gross primary enrolment ratio
DEFINITION: Total number of pupils of a given sex enrolled in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the same-sex population of the age group which officially corresponds to primary schooling, at a specific period of time, usually a year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. According to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-97), adopted by UNESCO, primary education is defined as the level of education which the main function is to provide the basic elements of education at such establishments as elementary schools, and primary schools.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Gross enrolment ratios are based on the enrolment estimates made by UNESCO from national enrolment figures and population mid-year estimates from the corresponding United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections. All ratios are expressed as percentages and may exceed 100 because of early entry, repetition, and, for countries with almost universal education at a given level, whenever the actual age distribution of pupils extends beyond the official school ages.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

B.4- Gross National Product (GNP), per capita, current US$ (Atlas Method)
DEFINITION: The average per capita market value of the sum of gross primary incomes receivable by all resident institutional units for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed in current US dollars using the World Bank Atlas method. The gross national product (GNP) is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any taxes and minus any subsidies that are not included in the valuation of output, plus net receipts of primary income (employee compensation and property income) from nonresident sources. The residency of an institutional unit is defined on the basis of economic interest in the territory for more than a year. GNP provides an aggregate measure of income.
TECHNICAL NOTE: GNP figures are those estimated by the World Bank from the corresponding ones in the United Nations\'s Systems of National Accounts, expressed in domestic currency. The World Bank Atlas method of conversion is used to smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates, and it applies a conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country and the G-5 countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Per capita figures are based on the World Bank\'s population estimates and projections, which use the cohort component method.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Dollars per capita

B.5- Gross National Product (GNP), per capita, international $ (PPP-adjusted)
DEFINITION: The average per capita market value of the sum of gross primary incomes receivable by all resident institutional units for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed in international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. The gross national product (GNP) is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any taxes and minus any subsidies that are not included in the valuation of output, plus net receipts of primary income (employee compensation and property income) from nonresident sources. The residency of an institutional unit is defined on the basis of economic interest in the territory for more than a year. GNP provides an aggregate measure of income. An international dollar is defined as the currency unit that has the same purchasing power over GNP as the US dollar in the United States.
TECHNICAL NOTE: GNP figures are those estimated by the World Bank from the corresponding ones in the United Nations\'s Systems of National Accounts, expressed in domestic currency. Purchasing power parity conversion factors are estimated by the World Bank based on data collected by the International Comparison Programme (ICP), which is coordinated by the United Nations regional economic commissions and other international organizations. Per capita figures are based on the World Bank\'s population estimates and projections, which use the cohort component method.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Dollars per capita

B.6- Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita, international $ (PPP-adjusted)
DEFINITION: The average per capita market value of the sum of gross values added of all resident institutional units engaged in production, for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed in international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. The gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any taxes and minus any subsidies that are not included in the valuation of output. GDP measures the total output of goods and services for final use ocurring within the domestic territory of a given country, regardless of the allocation to domestic and foreign claims; it provides an aggregate measure of production. The residency of an institutional unit is defined on the basis of economic interest in the territory for more than a year. An international dollar is defined as the currency unit that has the same purchasing power over GNP as the US dollar in the United States.
TECHNICAL NOTE: GDP figures are those estimated by the World Bank from the corresponding ones in the United Nations\'s Systems of National Accounts, expressed in domestic currency. GDP is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Purchasing power parity conversion factors are estimated by the World Bank based on data collected by the International Comparison Programme (ICP), which is coordinated by the United Nations regional economic commissions and other international organizations. Per capita figures are based on the World Bank\'s population estimates and projections, which use the cohort component method.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Dollars per capita

B.7- Annual GDP growth rate
DEFINITION: The annual average rate of change of the gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices based on constant local currency, for a given national economy, during a specified period of time. It expresses the difference between GDP values from one period to the next as a proportion of the GDP from the earlier period, usually multiplied by 100.
TECHNICAL NOTE: GDP average annual growth rates are those estimated by the World Bank from the corresponding data in the United Nations\'s Systems of National Accounts expressed in 1995 US dollars constant prices, using the least-squares method. The least-squares growth rate is estimated by fitting a linear regression trend line to the logarithmic annual values of the variable in the relevant period. The calculated growth rate is an average rate that is representative of the available observations over the entire period. It does not necessarily match the actual growth rate between any two periods.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: US dollars

B.8- Highest 20%-Lowest20% income ratio
DEFINITION: The quotient of the richest average income quintile divided by the poorest average income quintile in a given population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific period in time, usually a year.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are estimates based on national accounts or surveys assembled by Klaus Deininger and Lyn Squire and published by the World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/research/growth/absineq.htm).
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: ratio

B.9- Proportion of population below the international poverty line
DEFINITION: The percentage of the population living below the international poverty line in a given country, territory, or geographic area, for a given sex and/or age group, at a specific period in time, usually a year. International poverty line is defined at less than $1.08 a day at 1993 international prices, equivalent to $1 in 1985 international prices, adjusted to local currency using purchasing power parities.
TECHNICAL NOTE: The international poverty line is prepared by the World Bank, based on its most recent consumption purchasing power parity (PPP) estimates in 1993 prices. Any revisions in the PPP of a country to incorporate better price indexes can produce dramatically different poverty lines in local currency. PPP exchange rates are designed for comparing aggregates from national accounts; thus, there is no certainty that an international poverty line measures the same degree of need or deprivation across countries.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

B.10- Proportion of population below the national poverty line
DEFINITION: The percentage of the population living below the national poverty line in a given country, territory, or geographic area, for a given sex and/or age group, at a specific period in time, usually a year. The operational definition for a national poverty line varies from country to country and represents the amount of income required by each household to meet the basic needs of all its members.
TECHNICAL NOTE: The poverty line is based on an estimate of the cost of a basic food basket that covers the nutritional needs of the population, taking into account its consumption habits, as well as the actual availability of food in the country and its relative prices. The value of this basket is combined with an estimate of the resources required by households to meet basic nondietary needs. Some countries also define a national extreme poverty line by taking into account the cost of the basic food basket only (i.e., excluding basic nondietary needs). National estimated are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

B.11- Unemployed proportion of the labor force
DEFINITION: The number of members of a given sex of the economically active population of a given national economy, who are without work but available for and seeking employment, including members who have lost their jobs and those who have voluntarily left work, at a specific point in time, expressed as a percentage of the same-sex economically active population. Every member of the economically active population is defined to be employed if he or she fits into one of the following categories: has in-currency or in-kind paid employment, is self-employed, works in a family business, or is not working temporarily for a particular reason, but will return to work once the situation has returned to normal.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Unemployment rates represent mid-year estimated values, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates and definitions. The ILO definition of unemployment notwithstanding, reference periods, criteria for seeking work, and the treatment of people temporarily laid off and those seeking work for the first time vary across countries. Informal sector employment is difficult to quantify in the absence of regulation for registering and tracking informal activities.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

B.12- Inflation: consumer prices index's annual growth rate
DEFINITION: The annual average rate of change in the cost, to the average consumer, of acquiring a defined basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specific intervals, such as yearly, for a given national economy, during a specified period of time.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Consumer price index is usually derived explicitly as the weighted arithmetic mean of the current prices of goods and services from the fixed basket, obtained through recurring price surveys, based on their fixed value-based weights for the base period (Laspeyres formula), which are also obtained from household expenditure surveys. Consumer price index growth rates are those estimated by the World Bank from the corresponding data in the United Nations\'s Systems of National Accounts using the least-squares method.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

C.1- Infant mortality rate, reported
DEFINITION: The quotient between the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age in a given year and the number of live births in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed per 1,000 live births, as reported from the National Health Authority. The infant mortality rate can be also defined as the arithmetic sum of the neonatal mortality rate plus the postneonatal mortality rate, as reported from the National Health Authority. The neonatal mortality rate is defined as the quotient between the number of children born alive that died before the age of 28 days in a given year and the number of live births in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed per 1,000 live births, as reported from the National Health Authority. The postneonatal mortality rate is defined as the quotient between the number of children that were alive after 27 days of age and died before the age of 1 year in a given year and the number of live births in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed per 1,000 live births, as reported from the National Health Authority. The infant mortality rate represents, therefore, an estimate of the absolute risk of dying before completing one year of life.
TECHNICAL NOTE: In general terms, the infant mortality rate reported by the National Health Authority, including its neonatal and postneonatal components, is an averaged national estimate based on vital statistics registries and/or household surveys. The methodology can vary from country to country and from period to period, and it is not primarily intended for international comparisons
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 live births
SUBCATEGORIES: neonatal (0 to 27 days), postneonatal (28 days to <1 year)

C.2- Infant mortality rate, estimated
DEFINITION: The quotient between the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age in a given year and the number of live births in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed by 1,000 live births, as demographically estimated by the United Nations Population Division.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Infant mortality estimated rates represent sufficiently uniform mid-year estimated values and internally consistent with the United Nations fertility medium-variant quinquennial population projections.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 live births

C.3- Perinatal mortality rate
DEFINITION: The quotient between the sum of the number of late fetal deaths (28 or more completed weeks of pregnancy according to the ICD-9, or 22 or more completed weeks of pregnancy according to the ICD-10) plus the number of early neonatal deaths (less than 7 days of age) in a given year and the number of births (livebirths plus stillbirths) in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed per 1,000 live births, as reported from the National Health Authority. It represents an estimate of the absolute risk of dying in the perinatal period.
TECHNICAL NOTE: In general terms, the perinatal mortality rate reported by the National Health Authority is an averaged national estimate based on vital statistics registries and/or household surveys. The methodology can vary from country to country and from period to period, and it is not primarily intended for international comparisons.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 live births

C.4- Under-5 mortality rate
DEFINITION: The quotient between the number of deaths in children under 5 year of age of a given sex in a given year and the size of the same sex under-5 population in that year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, expressed per 100,000 same-sex under-5 population.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Under-5 mortality rate is, by definition, a true age-specific mortality rate and thus represents an estimate of the risk of dying before the age of 5.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.5- Maternal mortality rate, reported
DEFINITION: The quotient between the number of maternal deaths in a given year and the number of live births in that same year, expressed by 100,000 live births, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, as reported from the National Health Authority. Maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within the 42 days after termination of that pregnancy, regardless of the length and site of the pregnancy, due to complications of pregnancy, delivery, and puerperium (i.e., any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy itself or its care; mainly ICD-9 codes 630-676; ICD-10 codes O00-O99, A34), but not due to accidental or incidental causes.
TECHNICAL NOTE: In general terms, the maternal mortality rate reported by the National Health Authority is an averaged national estimate based on vital statistics registries and/or household surveys. The methodology can vary from country to country and from period to period, and it is not primarily intended for international comparisons.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: per 100,000 live births

C.6- Annual number of registered deaths due to measles
DEFINITION: The number of deaths, regardless of age, with measles (ICD-9 code 055; ICD-10 code B05) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths

C.7- Annual number of registered deaths due to tetanus neonatorum
DEFINITION: The number of deaths with tetanus neonatorum (ICD-9 code 771.3; ICD-10 code A033) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths

C.8- Annual number of infant (under-1) registered deaths due to conditions originating in the perinatal period
DEFINITION: The number of deaths in children under 1 year of age with a cause of death pertaining to the ICD-9 Chapter XV (codes 760-779) or the ICD-10 Chapter XVI (codes P00-P96) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths

C.9- Annual number of under-5 registered deaths due to diphteria, pertussis and tetanus
DEFINITION: The number of deaths in children under 5 years of age with diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus (ICD-9 codes 032, 033, 037; ICD-10 codes A35, A36, A37) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths

C.10- Annual proportion of under-5 registered deaths due to acute diarrheal diseases (ADD)
DEFINITION: The number of deaths in children under 5 years of age with an intestinal infectious disease (ICD-9 codes 001-009; ICD-10 codes A00-A09) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

C.11- Annual proportion of under-5 registered deaths due to acute respiratory infections (ARI)
DEFINITION: The number of deaths in children under 5 years of age with an acute respiratory infection (ICD-9 codes 460-466, 480-487; ICD-10 codes J00-J22) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

C.12- General mortality rate, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths in a population of a given sex, regardless of the underlying cause of death, to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.13- General mortality rate, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths in a population of a given sex and/or age, regardless of the underlying cause of death, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying, from any cause, of each element of the corresponding population of reference.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.14- Mortality rate from communicable diseases, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths due to communicable diseases in a population of a given sex to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter I (codes 001-139) or ICD-10 Chapter I (A00-B99), plus acute respiratory infections (ICD-9 codes 460-466, 480-487; ICD-10 codes J00-J22) and meningitis (CIE-9 codes 320-322; ICD-10 codes G00-G03).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.15- Mortality rate from communicable diseases, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to communicable diseases in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter I (codes 001-139) or ICD-10 Chapter I (A00-B99), plus acute respiratory infections (ICD-9 codes 460-466, 480-487; ICD-10 codes J00-J22) and meningitis (CIE-9 codes 320-322; ICD-10 codes G00-G03).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.16- Annual number of registered deaths due to tuberculosis
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of a given sex with tuberculosis (ICD-9 codes 010-018; ICD-10 codes A15-A19) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.17- Annual number of registered deaths due to AIDS
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of a given sex with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (ICD-9 codes 279.1, 279.5 or 279.6; ICD-10 codes B20-B24) as the underlying cause of death, as registered in their death certificates, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Deaths
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.18- Mortality rate from diseases of the circulatory system, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths due to diseases of the circulatory system in a population of a given sex to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter VIII (codes 390-459) or ICD-10 Chapter IX (codes I00-I99).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.19- Mortality rate from diseases of the circulatory system, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to diseases of the circulatory system in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter VIII (codes 390-459) or ICD-10 Chapter IX (codes I00-I99).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.20- Mortality rate from ischemic heart disease, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to ischemic heart disease in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 410-414 or ICD-10 codes I20-I25.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.21- Mortality rate from cerebrovascular diseases, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to cerebrovascular diseases in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 430-438 or ICD-10 codes I60-I69.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.22- Mortality rate from neoplasms, all types, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths due to neoplasms in a population of a given sex to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter II (codes 140-239) or ICD-10 Chapter II (codes C00-D48).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.23- Mortality rate from neoplasms, all types, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to neoplasms in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 Chapter II (codes 140-239) or ICD-10 Chapter II (codes C00-D48).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.24- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths due to malignant neoplasms in a population of a given sex to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 140-208 or ICD-10 codes C00-C97.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.25- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to malignant neoplasms in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 140-208 or ICD-10 codes C00-C97.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.26- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms of the lung, trachea and bronchi, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to malignant neoplasms of the lung, trachea, and bronchus in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 code 162 or ICD-10 codes C33-C34.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.27- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms of the uterus, female, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to malignant neoplasms of the uterus in a female population of a given age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 179-180, 182, or ICD-10 codes C53-C55.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older, 35-44 years

C.28- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms of the breast, female, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to malignant neoplasms of the female breast in a female population of a given age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 code 174 or the ICD-10 code C50.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older, 35-44 years

C.29- Mortality rate from malignant neoplasms of the digestive organs and peritoneum
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to malignant neoplasms of the digestive organs and peritoneum in a population o a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes 150-159 or ICD-10 codes C15-C26.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.30- Mortality rate from external causes, adjusted
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of deaths due to external causes in a population of a given sex to the number of residents in that population, after being removed the effect of age distribution differentials in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 supplementary classification of external causes of injuries and poisonings (codes E800-E999) or ICD-10 Chapter XX (codes V01-Y89).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Adjusted mortality rates are obtained by direct standardization, i.e., applying the corresponding age-specific estimated mortality rates, for a given sex and/or broad group of causes of death, to a standard population. Adjusted mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 inhabitants of that standard population. The United Nations standard population is used: 2,400 under-1 year; 9,600 from 1 to 4 years; 19,000 from 5 to 14 years; 43,000 from 15 to 44 years; 19,000 from 45 to 64 years; and 7,000 older than 64 years. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.31- Mortality rate from external causes, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to external causes in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 supplementary classification of external causes of injuries and poisonings (codes E800-E999) or ICD-10 Chapter XX (codes V01-Y89).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-14 years, 15-44 years, 45-64 years, 65 years and older

C.32- Mortality rate from injuries, transport injuries excluded, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to accidents, excluding transport, in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes E850-E949 or to ICD-10 codes W00-X59.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 15 years, 15 years and older

C.33- Mortality rate from transport injuries, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to transport accidents in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes E800-E848 or to ICD-10 codes V01-V99.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: less than 15 years, 15 years and older

C.34- Mortality rate from suicide and purposely self-inflicted injuries, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to suicide and purposely self-inflicted injuries in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes E950-E959 or to ICD-10 codes X60-X84.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.35- Mortality rate from homicide and injuries purposely inflicted by another person, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to homicide and injury purposely inflicted, and injury due to legal intervention or war operations in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under ICD-9 codes E960-E978, E990-E999 or to ICD-10 codes X85-Y09, Y35, Y36.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

C.36- Mortality rate from cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to cirrhosis and chronic liver disease in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 code 571 or to ICD-10 codes K70, K73-K74, K76.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older, 35-44 years

C.37- Mortality rate from diabetes mellitus, estimated
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of estimated deaths due to diabetes mellitus in a population of a given sex and/or age, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an average estimate of the absolute risk of dying from that cause of each element of the corresponding population of reference. Underlying causes of death grouped under this heading are those under the ICD-9 code 250 or to ICD-10 codes E10-E14.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Estimated mortality rates are obtained from the corresponding registered mortality rates, applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The estimation method used has been published in Health Statistics from the Americas 1992; PAHO/WHO Scientific Publication No. 542. Washington DC, 1992. Annual estimates are obtained by linear interpolation from the corresponding quinquennial estimates.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female
SUBCATEGORIES: 45-64 years, 65 years and older

D.1- Low birthweight prevalence
DEFINITION: The number of newborn children weighing less than 2,500 grams, as weighted at the time of birth or within the first hours of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has ocurred, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

D.2- Annual prevalence of moderate and severe nutritional deficiency in children under age 5
DEFINITION: The number of prevalent cases of moderate and severe nutritional deficiency in children under 5 year of age of a given sex detected in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. Under-5 moderate and severe nutritional deficiency is defined as any weight-for-age (W/A) ratio less than minus two standard deviations (-2SD) from the reference median.
TECHNICAL NOTE: In general terms, this basic indicator is estimated from anthropometric surveys. The weight-for-age (W/A) ratio or index is considered to be more sensitive to detect any nutritional deficiency, although less specific than both the weight-for-height (W/H) index to recognize acute forms (wasting) and the height-for-age (H/A) index to recognize chronic forms (stunting). Reference parameters are those from the reference distributions of body weight in healthy children, according to their age in months and sex, developed by the United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and recommended by the WHO for international use. The influence of genetic and/or ethnic factors on the body weight is considered to be of no relevance in this age group. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.3- Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding through 120 days of age
DEFINITION: The number of children who, from birth until the end of the fourth month of life, are fed exclusively breast milk, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

D.4- Average number of decayed, filled or missing teeth at age 12
DEFINITION: The average number of teeth found decayed, filled or missing in children at age 12 years, in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Teeth

D.5- Annual number of confirmed cases of poliomyelitis
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases from poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus confirmed by laboratory in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.6- Annual number of confirmed cases of measles
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases from measles confirmed by laboratory, in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.7- Annual number of registered cases of diphtheria in children under age 5
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from diphtheria in children less than 5 years old in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.8- Annual number of registered cases of pertussis in children under age 5
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from whooping cough in children less than 5 years old in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.9- Annual number of registered cases of tetanus neonatorum
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from neonatal tetanus in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.10- Annual number of registered cases of congenital syphilis
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from congenital syphilis in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.11- Annual number of registered cases of cholera
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from cholera in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.12- Annual number of registered cases of human rabies
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from human rabies in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.13- Annual number of registered cases of yellow fever
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from yellow fever in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.14- Annual number of registered cases of plague
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from plague in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.15- Annual number of registered cases of dengue
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from dengue in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.16- Annual number of registered cases of malaria
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from malaria in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.17- Malaria annual parasitic incidence
DEFINITION: The number of microscopically confirmed incident cases from malaria registered in a specific year, expressed per 1,000 individuals under surveillance, for a given country, territory, or geographic area..
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population under surveillance

D.18- Annual number of registered cases of tuberculosis
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from tuberculosis in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.19- Annual number of registered cases of bacilloscopically positive (BK+) tuberculosis
DEFINITION: The number of bacilloscopically confirmed incident cases from tuberculosis registered in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.20- Annual number of registered cases of syphilis
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from syphilis in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.21- Annual number of registered cases of AIDS
DEFINITION: The number of incident cases registered from Adquired Immunodeficiency Sindrome (AIDS) for a given sex, in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.22- Number of prevalent cases of leprosy
DEFINITION: The number of prevalent cases registered from leprosy up to a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Cases

D.23- Annual incidence of malignant neoplasms of the lung
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of incident cases from malignant neoplasms of the lung (ICD-9 code 162; ICD-10 codes C33-C34; both including trachea and bronchus) registered in a specific year among the population of a given sex, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.24- Annual incidence of malignant neoplasms of the stomach
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of incident cases from malignant neoplasms of the stomach (ICD-9 code 151; ICD-10 code C16) registered in a specific year among a population of a given sex, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.25- Annual incidence of malignant neoplasms of the female breast
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of incident cases from malignant neoplasms of the female breast (ICD-9 code 174; ICD-10 code C50) registered in a specific year among the female population, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population

D.26- Annual incidence of malignant neoplasms of the cervix uteri
DEFINITION: The ratio of the number of incident cases from malignant neoplasms of the cervix uteri (ICD-9 code 179; ICD-10 code C53) registered in a specific year among the female population, to the number of residents in that population, expressed per 100,000 population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 100,000 population

D.27- Annual prevalence of hypertension
DEFINITION: The number of prevalent cases of hypertension registered at a specific point in time, among the population of a given sex, expressed as a percentage of that population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.28- Annual prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus
DEFINITION: The number of prevalent cases of diabetes mellitus type 2 (non-insulin-depented) registered at a specific point in time, among the population of a given sex, expressed as a percentage of that population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.29- Annual prevalence of overweight among population
DEFINITION: The number of prevalent cases of overweight registered at a specific point in time, among the adult population 20 to 74 years of age, of a given sex, expressed as a percentage of that population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25 Kg/m2. BMI is an anthropometric measure defined as the ratio between the weight measured in kilograms, and the square of the height measured in meters.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

D.30- Prevalence of tobacco consumption
DEFINITION: The number of tobacco current smokers at a specific point in time, among the population 12 to 18 years of age, of a given sex, expressed as a percentage of that population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. A person is a tobacco current smoker who smoke tobacco daily, usually at the moment of the survey.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease surveillance and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Male, Female

E.1- Proportion of population with access to potable water services
DEFINITION: The size of the population with access to services of potable water at a given year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Definition of access to potable water services varies according to whether it applies to urban or rural populations. In an urban scenario, it is defined as direct access through household connections to potable water systems and/or reasonable access through public water sources. Reasonable access to potable water services in urban settlements is defined by a distance range of 200 meters from housing to a public water source. In a rural scenario, it is defined as reasonable access to services of potable water. Reasonable access to services of potable water in rural settlements is defined by more flexible distance ranges from housing to individual or public water sources, depending on topography and other environmental factors. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Urban, Rural, Urban with household connection, Urban without household connection

E.2- Proportion of population with access to sewage disposal services
DEFINITION: The size of the population with access to services of excretal disposal at a given year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Definition of access to sewage disposal dervices varies according to whether it applies to urban or rural populations. In an urban scenario, it is defined as direct access through household connections to potable sewerage systems and/or through septic tanks or latrines as individual systems for excretal disposal. In a rural scenario, it is defined as direct access through latrines, septic tanks or drains as individual systems for excretal disposal. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
CATEGORIES: Urban, Rural, Urban with household connection, Urban without household connection

E.3- Proportion of population with access to disinfected water supply services
DEFINITION: The size of the population with access to drinking water that has been treated by methods that eliminate biological agents at concentration levels hazardous to health, at a given year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.4- Proportion of urban population with regular collection of solid waste
DEFINITION: The size of the urban population with access to permanent systems of solid waste collection, at a given year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.5- Proportion of under-1 population attended by trained personnel
DEFINITION: The number of children who, on completing their first year of life, have received at least one periodical healthy child check-up provided by a trained health worker, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. Trained personnel are those with acquired ability to provide the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor and puerperium, to conduct deliveries on their own responsibility and to care for the newborn and the infant.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.6- Proportion of under-1 population immunized against poliomyelitis
DEFINITION: The number of children who, on completing their first year of life, have received three doses of live oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV), expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Operationally, this indicator is calculated as the quotient between the number of OPV third doses applied to children under 1 year of age and the size of the corresponding target-population, expressed as a percent. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease prevention and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.7- Proportion of age 1 population immunized against measles
DEFINITION: The number of children under 1 year of age or the number who are 1 year old, depending on the national immunization scheme, who have received one dose of vaccine against measles, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Operationally, this indicator is calculated as the quotient between the number of measles vaccine doses applied to children within the age range of the target population and the size of the corresponding target-population, expressed as a percent. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease prevention and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.8- Proportion of under-1 population immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
DEFINITION: The number of children who, on completing their first year of life, have received three doses of DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) toxoid, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Operationally, this indicator is calculated as the quotient between the number of DPT third doses applied to children under 1 year of age and the size of the corresponding target-population, expressed as a percent. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease prevention and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.9- Proportion of age 1 population immunized against tuberculosis
DEFINITION: The number of children under 1 year of age or the number who are 1 year old, depending on the national immunization scheme, who have received one dose of vaccine against tuberculosis (BCG), expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Operationally, this indicator is calculated as the quotient between the number of BCG doses applied to children within the age range of the target population and the size of the corresponding target-population, expressed as a percent. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease prevention and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.10- Prevalence of use of contraceptive methods in women of childbearing age
DEFINITION: The number of sexually active women 15 to 49 years of age who commonly use any type of contraceptive method, at a specific point in time, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding mid-year population, for a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Contraceptive methods include female and male sterilization, injectable and oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, diaphragms, spermicides, condoms, rhythm method, withdrawal and abstinence.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.11- Specific fertility rate in women 15-19 years of age
DEFINITION: The average annual rate of change in the fertility of an adolescent population, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, during a specified period. It expresses the ratio between the number of live births born to mothers 15 to 19 years of age during a given year and the mid-year female population 15 to 19 years of age, usually multiplied by 1,000.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Rate
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

E.12- Proportion of pregnant women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy
DEFINITION: The number of pregnant women who have received at least one health care visit during pregnancy provided by a trained health worker, expressed as a percentage of the live birth population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. Health care visit during pregnancy is defined as those health care services for the control and monitoring of the pregnancy and ambulatory care for associated morbidity; it does not include neither direct vaccination activities nor the health care services rendered immediately prior to delivery. Trained personnel are those with acquired ability to provide the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor and puerperium, to conduct deliveries on their own responsibility and to care for the newborn and the infant.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent
SUBCATEGORIES: first trimester of pregnancy

E.13- Proportion of deliveries attended by trained personnel
DEFINITION: The number of deliveries assisted by trained personnel in a specific year, regardless of their site of ocurrence, expressed as a percentage of the total number of births in that same year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. Trained personnel are those with acquired ability to provide the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor and puerperium, to conduct deliveries on their own responsibility and to care for the newborn and the infant.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.14- Cummulative proportion of women 12-49 years of age vaccinated with tetanus toxoid
DEFINITION: The cummulative number in the last three years of women 12 to 49 years of age living in high-risk, and attack phase areas, who have been vaccinated with at least two doses of tetanus toxoid, expressed as a percentage of the 12 to 49 years old female population resident of those areas, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. A high-risk area is defined as any district with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, as determined by each country, regardless of the presence of cases of neonatal tetanus. An area in attack phase is defined as any high-risk area with a neonatal tetanus annual incidence rate equal or higher than 1 per 1,000 live births and that accomplishes intensified vaccination activities, i.e., in addition to those delivered by routine services.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national systems for disease prevention and control.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.15- Physicians per 10,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of physicians available per every 10,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: 10,000 people

E.16- Professional nurses per 10,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of university-trained professional nurses available per every 10,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: 10,000 people

E.17- Dentists per 10,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of dentists available per every 10,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: 10,000 people

E.18- Non-university trained nursing personnel per 10,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of non-university-trained nursing personnel available per every 10,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: 10,000 people

E.19- Annual number of graduates in medicine
DEFINITION: The number of individuals obtaining a medical doctor degree from a recognized university, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Physicians

E.20- Annual number of graduates in professional nursing
DEFINITION: The number of individuals obtaining a registered nurse degree from a recognized university, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Nurse

E.21- Number of outpatient care facilities
DEFINITION: The number of outpatient health care facilities, affiliated to all health institutions, in operation during a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. Outpatient health care is defined as any professional encounter or contact, as an act of health service, between a non-hospitalized individual and a health worker responsible for the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or referral of that person in that encounter. Outpatient health care facility is defined as any type of physical area primarily designated to deliver outpatient health care services.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Institutional affiliation includes any outpatient health care facility managed by the Ministry of Health or by a governmental equivalent, by Social Security systems, including those for the Army and Police Forces, and by private, for-profit or non-profit, voluntary-driven or not, organizations. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Absolute Magnitude
MEASURE UNIT: Facilities
CATEGORIES: Ministry of Health, Social Security, Private Sector

E.22- Hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of hospital beds available per every 1,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

E.23- Outpatient health care visits per 1,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of outpatient health care visits per every 1,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an estimate of the degree of utilization of outpatient health care services.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

E.24- Hospital discharges per 1,000 inhabitants ratio
DEFINITION: The average number of hospital discharges per every 1,000 inhabitants in a population, at a given year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area. It represents an estimate of the degree of utilization of in-patient health care services. Hospital discharge is defined as the formal release of a hospitalized individual due to conclusion of the hospitalization stay, either by death, return home, or transfer to another institution. A hospital is defined as any medical facility with an organized medical and professional staff and beds available for continuous hospitalization of patients formally admitted to it for medical observation, care, diagnosis, or surgical and non-surgical treatment.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority.
TYPE: Ratio
MEASURE UNIT: Per 1,000 population

E.25- Annual national health expenditure per capita (current US$)
DEFINITION: The average per capita value of the sum of public and private expenditures on health care goods and services for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed in current US dollars. Health expenditure covers the provision of preventive and curative health services, public health affairs and services, health applied research, and medical supply and delivery systems, but it does not include provision of water and sanitation.
TECHNICAL NOTE: National health expenditure represents the total amount of expenditure of the country or its parts, instrumentalities or agencies, on health care goods and services. Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from central and local government budgets, including central government spendings through the Ministries of Public Health, transfers to other governmental institutions with their own budgets (autonomous entities, universities, Army Forces, etc), and the non-transferred health expenditure from subnational (state, province, department, municipality, district, etc.) governments, external borrowings and grants, including donations from international agencies and non-governmental organizations, and social or compulsory health insurance funds. Private health expenditure consists of direct household (out-of-pocket) spendings, including general and specialized, formal and informal, medical services, purchase of drugs, spendings on laboratory tests, prosthethic devices, and clinical and in-patient services, and copayments, fixed or proportional to the financial cost of the health care good or service rendered, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority from its national health accounts.
TYPE: Average
MEASURE UNIT: Dollars per capita

E.26- Annual national health expenditure as a proportion of the GDP
DEFINITION: The value of the sum of public and private expenditures on health care goods and services for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding gross domestic product (GDP). Health expenditure covers the provision of preventive and curative health services, public health affairs and services, health applied research, and medical supply and delivery systems, but it does not include provision of water and sanitation.
TECHNICAL NOTE: National health expenditure represents the total amount of expenditure of the country or its parts, instrumentalities or agencies, on health care goods and services. Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from central and local government budgets, including central government spendings through the Ministries of Public Health, transfers to other governmental institutions with their own budgets (autonomous entities, universities, Army Forces, etc), and the non-transferred health expenditure from subnational (state, province, department, municipality, district, etc.) governments, external borrowings and grants, including donations from international agencies and non-governmental organizations, and social or compulsory health insurance funds. Private health expenditure consists of direct household (out-of-pocket) spendings, including general and specialized, formal and informal, medical services, purchase of drugs, spendings on laboratory tests, prosthethic devices, and clinical and in-patient services, and copayments, fixed or proportional to the financial cost of the health care good or service rendered, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority from its national health accounts.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.27- Annual public health expenditure as a proportion of the national health expenditure
DEFINITION: The size of the public expenditure on health care goods and services for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding national health expenditure. It represents the governmental share, not limited to the Ministry of Health, of the total annual expenditure for covering the provision of preventive and curative health services, public health affairs and services, health applied research, and medical supply and delivery systems, excluding the provision of water and sanitation.
TECHNICAL NOTE: National health expenditure represents the total amount of expenditure of the country or its parts, instrumentalities or agencies, on health care goods and services. Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from central and local government budgets, including central government spendings through the Ministries of Public Health, transfers to other governmental institutions with their own budgets (autonomous entities, universities, Army Forces, etc), and the non-transferred health expenditure from subnational (state, province, department, municipality, district, etc.) governments, external borrowings and grants, including donations from international agencies and non-governmental organizations, and social or compulsory health insurance funds. Private health expenditure consists of direct household (out-of-pocket) spendings, including general and specialized, formal and informal, medical services, purchase of drugs, spendings on laboratory tests, prosthethic devices, and clinical and in-patient services, and copayments, fixed or proportional to the financial cost of the health care good or service rendered, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority from its national health accounts.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.28- Annual public hospital expenditure as a proportion of the public health expenditure
DEFINITION: The size of the public expenditure on hospital care goods and services for a given national economy, at a given period in time, usually a year, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding public health expenditure. It represents the governmental health expenditure share, not limited to the Ministry of Health, devoted to the provision of hospital-based health services. Hospital-based health services include general, specialized, surgical, and maternity medical services, and nursing home care services to convalescents. A hospital is defined as any medical facility with an organized medical and professional staff and beds available for continuous hospitalization of patients formally admitted to it for medical observation, care, diagnosis, or surgical and non-surgical treatment.
TECHNICAL NOTE: National health expenditure represents the total amount of expenditure of the country or its parts, instrumentalities or agencies, on health care goods and services. Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from central and local government budgets, including central government spendings through the Ministries of Public Health, transfers to other governmental institutions with their own budgets (autonomous entities, universities, Army Forces, etc), and the non-transferred health expenditure from subnational (state, province, department, municipality, district, etc.) governments, external borrowings and grants, including donations from international agencies and non-governmental organizations, and social or compulsory health insurance funds. Private health expenditure consists of direct household (out-of-pocket) spendings, including general and specialized, formal and informal, medical services, purchase of drugs, spendings on laboratory tests, prosthethic devices, and clinical and in-patient services, and copayments, fixed or proportional to the financial cost of the health care good or service rendered, private insurance, charitable donations, and direct service payments by private corporations. Data are provided by PAHO/WHO country offices and technical regional programs based on information reported by the national health authority from its national health accounts.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.29- Proportion of birth underregistration
DEFINITION: The difference between the number of estimated births, according to the corresponding period life tables, and the number of currently registered birth, expressed as a percentage of the total estimated births at a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. The lack of registry of a vital event, even late, is defined as underregistration. A birth is considered to be underregistered if it has not been registered in the civil registry up to one year after the actual date of birth.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.30- Proportion of registered births in the year specified older than 1 year of age at the time of the birth registration
DEFINITION: The number of birth certificates issued for individuals who were 1 year of age or older at the time of their birth registration, expressed as a percentage of the total registered births at a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.31- Proportion of death underregistration
DEFINITION: The difference between the number of estimated deaths, according to the corresponding period life tables, and the number of currently registered deaths, expressed as a percentage of the total estimated deaths at a given year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area. The lack of registry of a vital event, even late, is defined as underregistration. A death is considered to be underregistered if it has not been registered in the civil registry up to one year after the actual date of death.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.32- Proportion of registered deaths in the year specified being certified by a physician
DEFINITION: The number of death certificates due to natural causes (i.e., excluding those due to external causes) issued in a given year which were signed by a licenced physician, expressed as a percentage of the total registered deaths due to natural causes at the same year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent

E.33- Proportion of registered deaths in the year specified due to signs, symptoms, and ill-defined conditions
DEFINITION: The number of physician-certified death certificates due to natural causes (i.e., excluding those due to external causes) issued in a given year entering symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (ICD-9 codes 780-799; ICD-10 codes R00-R99; excluding ICD-9 code 798.9 and ICD-10 code R98, referred to 'unattended death') as the underlying cause of death, expressed as a percentage of the total registered deaths due to natural causes at the same year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
TYPE: Proportion
MEASURE UNIT: Percent