In 2016, the median age-standardized mortality rate from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the Region of the Americas was 16.4 deaths per 100,000 populations and it was higher in men (552.3 deaths per 100,000 population) than in women (401.0 deaths per 100,000 population). Across countries, these death rates in both sexes combined ranges from a high in the Guyana (831.4 deaths per 100,000 population) to a low in Canada (291.5 deaths per 100,000 population)
The data visualization shows the level and distribution of noncommunicable disease mortality across countries of the Region of the Americas, and how it has evolved over the course of the period from 2000 to 2016.
INDICATOR DEFINITION
Indicator name: Noncommunicable disease mortality rate per 100,000 population
Short name: Noncommunicable disease death rate
Measure: Death
Metric: Rate
Unit of Measure: deaths per 100,000 population
Topic: Mortality and burden of disease
Rationale: Measuring how many people die each year and why they died is one of the most important means – along with gauging how diseases and injuries are affecting people – for assessing the effectiveness of a country’s health system. Cause-of-death statistics help health authorities determine their focus for public health actions.
Definition: Number of deaths due to respiratory diseases in a year, divided by the population and multiplied by 100 000.
Disaggregation: Age, Sex, Country, and Year
Method of estimation: Mortality estimates by cause, age and sex, by country, region and globally, from the WHO Global Health Estimates (GHE) 2018. These estimates represent the best estimates of WHO, computed using standard categories, definitions and methods to ensure cross-country comparability, and may not be the same as official national estimates. Due to changes in input data and methods, GHE are not comparable to previously published WHO estimates.
Methodological details: WHO methods and data sources for country-level causes of death 2000-2016. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018 (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalCOD_method_20…).
NMH Data Portal Methodological Notes. Pan American Health Organization.
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates: Weighted average using population estimates from the World Population Prospect, produced by the UN Population Division, as denominators.
Preferred data sources: Civil registration with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death
Other possible data sources: Household surveys Surveillance systems Sample or sentinel registration systems special studies