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Table 1 Distribution of total deaths (3,537,000) by major causes, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000

From: Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda

Major Cause

Proportion of deaths

Communicable diseases

24%

Non-communicable diseases

 

Cardiovascular diseases

31%

Cancers

14%

Diabetes mellitus

3%

Mental health

1%

Injuries

13%

Other non-communicable

14%

  1. Estimated by the Global Burden of Disease Study.
  2. Note: The countries included are Anguilla, Antigua and Bermuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, and Venezuela. Source: Perel et al [45].
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