Table 2.

Summary of the mortality data for the 748 locations

Region	Country	Locations (n)	Data period	Total deaths (’000)
Australia	Australia	3	1988–2009	1178
South America	Argentina	3	2005–2015	686
	Brazil	18	1997–2018	3895
	Chile	4	2008–2014	325
	Colombia	5	1998–2013	957
	Costa Rica	1	2000–2017	31
	Ecuador	2	2014–2018	112
	France Guiana	1	2000–2015	7
	Paraguay	1	2004–2019	48
	Peru	18	2008–2014	633
	Uruguay	1	2012–2016	154
Central America	France Caribbean	2	2000–2015	46
	Guatemala	1	2009–2016	63
	Mexico	10	1998–2014	2980
	Panama	1	2013–2016	11
	Puertorico	1	2009–2016	27
North America	Canada	26	1986–2015	3734
	USA	210	1973–2006	38,028
South Africa	South Africa	45	1997–2013	7776
Southern Europe	Greece	1	2001–2010	288
	Italy	11	1996–2007	820
	Portugal	6	1980–2018	1925
	Spain	52	1990–2014	3017
Central Europe	Czech Republic	4	1994–2015	712
	France	18	2000–2015	1754
	France Reunion	1	2000–2015	14
	Germany	12	1993–2015	3106
	Moldova	4	2003–2010	60
	Romania	8	1994–2016	951
	Switzerland	8	1995–2013	244
Northern Europe	Estonia	5	1997–2018	168
	Finland	1	1994–2014	153
	Ireland	6	1984–2007	1058
	Netherland	4	1995–2016	3050
	Norway	1	1969–2018	271
	Sweden	3	1990–2016	717
	UK	70	1990–2016	6167
Middle-East Asia	Iran	2	2004–2013	818
	Israel	1	1985–2020	351
	Kuwait	1	2000–2016	74
South-East Asia	Philippines	13	2011–2019	821
	Thailand	61	1999–2008	1802
	Taiwan	3	1994–2014	1210
	Vietnam	2	2010–2013	108
East Asia	China	14	2004–2006	1095
	Japan	47	1972–2015	39,918
	South Korea	36	1997–2018	3070
Total		748		134,433