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. 2023 Mar 31;21:100483. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100483

Table 2.

Disease burden of noncommunicable diseases in the Americas in 2000 and in 2019, for 6 groups of conditions: CVD, cancer, respiratory disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, and neurological disorders.

Number of events in 2019
Rate per 100,000 in 2019
Percent change (2000–2019)
Women Men Women Men Count (Women) Rate (Women) Count (Men) Rate (Men)
CVD
Deaths 981,439 1,041,640 112 167 9 −34 22 −32
DALYs 17,889,816 22,972,044 2478 3907 10 −30 19 −28
YLLs 15,513,802 20,889,718 2137 3556 5 −33 15 −30
YLDs 2,376,014 2,082,326 341 352 48 −4 65 1
Cancer
Deaths 654,124 706,653 90 116 31 −19 31 −25
DALYs 16,062,270 16,661,299 2504 2858 25 −19 23 −25
YLLs 15,248,201 15,774,216 2381 2710 24 −19 21 −25
YLDs 814,068 887,083 123 149 43 −8 60 −5
Respiratory
Deaths 266,726 267,516 31 42 45 −13 35 −26
DALYs 7,194,419 7,098,388 1071 1230 36 −10 27 −19
YLLs 4,246,822 4,676,676 580 780 32 −18 23 −26
YLDs 2,947,596 2,421,712 492 451 41 3 34 −3
Diabetes
Deaths 144,398 139,651 19 23 44 −13 79 4
DALYs 6,517,318 6,912,228 983 1192 74 10 103 25
YLLs 2,981,395 3,260,081 443 562 39 −13 72 6
YLDs 3,535,923 3,652,146 540 631 121 40 140 48
Mental health
Deaths 36,797 85,087 7 16 265 170 133 66
DALYs 16,080,086 16,593,291 3066 3256 36 7 44 13
YLLs 1,514,770 3,634,839 283 703 274 187 131 74
YLDs 14,565,316 12,958,451 2784 2553 28 1 30 3
Neurological
Deaths 320,043 213,129 32 33 184 64 183 56
DALYs 9,034,920 6,673,793 1379 1194 63 12 71 18
YLLs 3,940,346 3,530,235 499 604 128 41 116 39
YLDs 5,094,574 3,143,558 880 589 34 1 38 2
Combined NCDa
Deaths 2,403,526 2,453,675 290 397 33 −19 37 −22
DALYs 72,778,832 76,911,040 11,483 13,637 31 −10 34 −13
YLLs 43,445,336 51,765,764 6323 8914 26 −19 29 −20
YLDs 29,333,492 25,145,276 5160 4724 39 3 45 6
All NCDb
Deaths 2,861,523 2,957,614 352 483 36 −17 40 −19
DALYs 114,365,000 111,767,600 18,591 20,096 32 −8 34 −10
YLLs 54,549,380 66,001,960 8223 11,589 26 −17 28 −18
YLDs 59,815,620 45,765,640 10,368 8507 40 2 44 3
a

Combined NCDs, includes the following six groups of conditions: cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, mental and substance-use disorders, neurological conditions.

b

All NCDs, includes all noncommunicable diseases.