Age-adjusted* Mortality Rates for Main Groups of Causes, by Sex and Subregion of the Americas, 1980-85 and 1990-95

Subregion   All Causes  Communicable Diseases  Malignant Neoplasms Diseases of the Circulatory System External Causes
  1980-85 1990-95 1980-85 1990-95 1980-85 1990-95 1980-85 1990-95 1980-85 1990-95
  Men
The Americas 940.7 844.8 112.4 67.4 150.5 141.9 349.3 283.6 118.8 109.7
   
North America 783.3 691.7 28.6 31.0 175.9 168.5 352.2 259.7 86.7 73.6
            
Latin America & The Caribbean 1057.8 939.0 180.9 94.1 129.6 122.4 347.0 301.0 145.0 136.1
            
Latin America 1065.2 939.5 181.6 94.3 129.7 122.5 346.7 300.9 145.3 136.4
Mexico 1006.4 818.1 178.7 93.0 79.4 81.7 205.4 178.1 186.5 131.1
Central America 1272.7 962.5 324.7 104.2 86.2 82.0 214.1 209.1 259.9 159.6
Latin Caribbean 793.5 955.2 88.9 56.5 121.2 128.4 286.4 254.6 90.3 99.2
Brazil 1252.7 1050.1 181.4 110.4 154.6 142.8 472.9 388.1 137.2 142.0
Andean Area 1036.2 912.0 274.3 84.6 117.5 111.3 256.2 274.8 124.2 168.1
Southern Cone 947.7 855.8 73.3 66.3 173.9 158.9 382.7 326.0 95.2 87.6
            
Non-Latin Caribbean 431.7 818.8 77.2 56.9 112.8 108.7 388.0 305.5 94.2 78.1
  Women
The Americas 654.7 595.8 89.0 51.2 112.8 108.8 260.2 220.2 33.8 30.2
   
North America 498.4 474.9 20.0 24.9 118.9 119.9 234.0 192.5 30.3 26.3
            
Latin America & The Caribbean 770.9 670.3 145.5 70.4 107.8 100.7 281.6 240.5 36.6 33.0
            
Latin America 776.2 670.3 146.1 70.5 107.8 100.7 281.4 240.3 36.6 33.0
Mexico 729.9 596.3 146.4 74.9 86.8 79.5 188.8 160.2 41.2 30.2
Central America 949.6 731.9 291.2 85.0 101.2 95.3 191.1 197.0 44.6 38.1
Latin Caribbean 612.9 766.7 71.7 41.7 93.4 89.4 243.7 205.6 36.4 43.6
Brazil 903.6 697.4 138.5 76.6 116.7 106.4 380.1 298.6 36.2 32.3
Andean Area 808.3 703.4 231.7 70.4 115.5 111.8 217.8 239.7 33.7 38.7
Southern Cone 611.7 569.4 52.0 46.9 118.0 110.7 264.0 224.9 29.8 28.1
            
Non-Latin Caribbean 320.7 665.9 53.9 45.6 98.7 97.8 313.4 279.6 28.5 27.1
Source of basic data: PAHO Regional Database on Mortality. Analyses and computations by the Special Program on Health Analysis, PAHO.

*Age-adjusted on basis of United Nations standard population. Rates per 100,000 population.