Table 2: Cardiovascular disease mortality in the Americas*.

Region Annual deaths average Mortality rate from IHDa,b Mortality rate from cerebrovascular diseasea (thousands)a Total Total Americas 6,447.2 87.4 45.1 North America 2,885 136 45 Canada 262.8 109 41.4 United States of America 2,621.7 139 45.4 Latin  America and the Caribbean 3,562.2 55.8 44.8 Latin America 3,510.8 56 44.9 Mexico 549.4 54.1 27.5 Central American Isthmus 226.1 41.9 24.4 Belize 1.2 30.9 25.7 Costa Rica 20.4 48.4 21.3 El Salvador 41 56 22.4 Guatemala 80.5 25.5 16.4 Honduras 37.5 N/A N/A Nicaragua 27.5 54.2 32.8 Panama 18.1 57.2 51.5 Latin Caribbean 270.5 N/A N/A Cuba 83.9 140 80.6 Dominican Republic 60.1 N/A N/A French Guiana 0.9 N/A N/A Haiti 90 N/A N/A Puerto Rico 29.1 101 40.1 Andean Area 722.5 58.7 35.7 Bolivia 72.9 N/A N/A Colombia 260.6 74.1 38.7 Ecuador 74.5 25.6 34.1 Peru 161.4 27.8 26.6 Venezuela 153.1 81.4 41 Brazil 1.261.1 60.4 62.2 Southern Cone 481.3 49.1 51.2 Argentina 315.6 46.8 48.2 Chile 98.2 47.1 46.8 Paraguay 36.1 50.3 55.5 Uruguay 31.3 85.4 103 Non-Latin Caribbean 51.3 63.4 63.8 Guyana 4.4 80.9 70.3 Suriname 3.8 47 72

*Adapted from [62]. The values were obtained from “Corrected Mortality” data. These values were computed by applying a correction algorithm for mortality underregistration and a redistribution algorithm for deaths from ill-defined causes. The methodology used is presented in Health Statistics from the Americas. 2006 edition (http://www.paho.org/HSA2006). aValues are expressed in incidence rates/100.000 population (2007–2009). bIHD: ischemic heart disease. N/A: not available.