Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review in Latin America
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.
