TABLE 2. Estimate of the relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval of the variables sex (female as reference), age group (adolescent as reference), subregion (North America as reference), and country (Canada as reference).
|
Variables |
|
RR |
95% confidence interval |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sex |
Male |
8.1 |
7.8 |
8.5 |
|
Female |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Age group |
Young adults |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
|
Adolescent |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Subregion |
Andean |
4.9 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
|
Southern Cone |
3.8 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
|
|
Non-Latin Caribbean |
3.7 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
|
|
Mesoamerica |
3.2 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
|
|
Latin Caribbean |
2.8 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
|
|
North America |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Country |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
35.1 |
30.5 |
40.2 |
|
El Salvador |
28.1 |
24.5 |
32.3 |
|
|
Colombia |
26.7 |
23.3 |
30.7 |
|
|
Honduras |
22.4 |
19.5 |
25.8 |
|
|
Brazil |
20.2 |
17.6 |
23.2 |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
18.5 |
16.0 |
21.4 |
|
|
Guatemala |
16.4 |
14.3 |
18.9 |
|
|
Belize |
14.5 |
12.4 |
17.0 |
|
|
Haiti |
13.0 |
11.4 |
15.0 |
|
|
Panama |
10.7 |
9.3 |
12.3 |
|
|
Bahamas |
9.9 |
8.3 |
11.7 |
|
|
Jamaica |
9.6 |
8.4 |
11.1 |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
9.0 |
7.8 |
10.3 |
|
|
Saint Lucia |
8.7 |
7.1 |
10.7 |
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
8.2 |
6.5 |
10.4 |
|
|
Guyana |
7.1 |
6.1 |
8.3 |
|
|
Ecuador |
7.1 |
6.2 |
8.1 |
|
|
Paraguay |
7.0 |
6.1 |
8.1 |
|
|
Mexico |
6.5 |
5.6 |
7.4 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
5.7 |
5.0 |
6.6 |
|
|
Barbados |
5.1 |
4.1 |
6.4 |
|
|
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
4.9 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
|
|
Costa Rica |
4.5 |
3.9 |
5.2 |
|
|
Uruguay |
3.8 |
3.3 |
4.5 |
|
|
United States of America |
3.8 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
|
|
Peru |
3.8 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
|
|
Argentina |
3.6 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
|
|
Suriname |
3.6 |
3.0 |
4.4 |
|
|
Chile |
2.6 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
|
|
Cuba |
2.0 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
1.7 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
|
|
Grenada |
1.5 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
|
|
Canada |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Source: Prepared by the authors, based on Global Health Estimates 2020 (19).