Proportionate Mortality Rates Among Children Under Age 5 by Subregion of the Americas and Selected Causes, 1980-85 and 1990-95

Subregion	Acute Diarrheal Diseases		Acute Repiratory Infections
	1980-85	1990-95	1980-85	1990-95
	(Percent)
The Americas	16.5	5.3	13.1	7.5
North America	1.9	0.6	3.3	2.4
Latin America & The Caribbean	21.6	8.2	16.5	10.7
Latin America	21.6	8.2	16.6	10.7
Mexico	25.5	7.6	21.6	14.5
Central America	26.7	15.1	14.2	11.6
Latin Caribbean	19.2	7.3	14.2	7.3
Brazil	20.7	6.9	15.0	8.0
Andean Area	24.0	12.1	17.8	13.3
Southern Cone	8.7	2.7	12.4	8.4
Non-Latin Caribbean	15.7	13.5	10.8	7.5
	Source of basic data: PAHO Regional Database on Mortality, 1998. Analyses and computations by the Special Program on Health Analysis, PAHO.