Table 1 Three year average trends in age standardised (world population) death certification rates for coronary heart diseases in the Americas, 1970–2000.
| Country | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–72 | 1979–81 | 1989–91 | 1998–2000 | % Change 1970–72 v 1998–2000 | 1970–72 | 1979–81 | 1989–91 | 1998–2000 | % Change 1970–72 v 1998–2000 | |
| Argentina | 182.1 | 117.5 | 81.5 | 67.4 | −63 | 89.2 | 55.6 | 35.5 | 28.3 | −68 |
| Brazil* | NA | 108.0 | 100.4 | 88.1 | −18† | NA | 62.9 | 57.6 | 51.4 | −18† |
| Chile* | 110.9 | 95.1 | 82.0 | 74.1 | −33 | 74.0 | 54.2 | 47.2 | 38.2 | −48 |
| Colombia* | 94.9 | 104.8 | 89.1 | 93.4 | −2 | 63.1 | 67.1 | 56.7 | 60.9 | −3 |
| Costa Rica | 72.7 | 103.5 | 107.6 | 99.9 | 37 | 55.1 | 65.6 | 63.8 | 59.9 | 9 |
| Cuba | 138.8 | 151.3 | 149.4 | 123.3 | −11 | 107.2 | 113.2 | 106.1 | 87.0 | −19 |
| Ecuador | 32.5 | 35.6 | 36.8 | 36.7 | 13 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 21.2 | −6 |
| Mexico | 42.2 | 55.6 | 72.1 | 82.0 | 94 | 28.4 | 33.8 | 45.3 | 53.9 | 90 |
| Puerto Rico | 142.6 | 116.4 | 104.2 | 95.9 | −33 | 99.8 | 72.5 | 61.6 | 55.3 | −45 |
| Venezuela | 119.7 | 99.8 | 117.5 | 136.4 | 14 | 75.2 | 62.1 | 70.3 | 78.5 | 4 |
| Canada | 267.1 | 210.2 | 137.5 | 97.9 | −63 | 124.1 | 96.2 | 66.0 | 47.9 | −61 |
| USA | 316.6 | 214.2 | 144.7 | 118.6 | −63 | 157.4 | 103.0 | 76.8 | 67.2 | −57 |
*For Brazil 1986 was used for 1980 and 1995 for 2000; for Chile 1999 was used for 2000; and for Colombia 1972 was used for 1970, 1984 for 1980, 1991 for 1990, and 1999 for 2000.
†Changes between 1995 and 1986.
NA, not available.