Table 2 Three year average trends in age standardised (world population) death certification rates for cerebrovascular accidents 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 | 94.8 | 80.1 | 73.3 | 58.9 | −38 | 69.3 | 58.9 | 51.4 | 38.0 | −45 |
| Brazil* | NA | 106.7 | 97.4 | 85.5 | −20† | NA | 78.1 | 69.8 | 61.7 | −21† |
| Chile* | 91.1 | 80.2 | 67.0 | 62.8 | −31 | 84.6 | 66.4 | 49.9 | 43.3 | −49 |
| Colombia* | 61.7 | 67.2 | 45.3 | 47.1 | −24 | 68.0 | 65.2 | 42.6 | 45.4 | −33 |
| Costa Rica | 53.7 | 44.5 | 41.6 | 37.5 | −30 | 52.7 | 45.2 | 37.7 | 34.1 | −35 |
| Cuba | 63.7 | 54.2 | 53.6 | 53.0 | −17 | 64.0 | 53.1 | 48.9 | 51.0 | −20 |
| Ecuador | 39.1 | 48.2 | 43.9 | 35.4 | −10 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 37.4 | 30.0 | −20 |
| Mexico | 40.5 | 39.7 | 40.6 | 40.3 | −1 | 42.6 | 40.6 | 37.6 | 36.6 | −14 |
| Puerto Rico | 53.9 | 40.9 | 29.2 | 32.8 | −39 | 46.3 | 36.7 | 21.3 | 25.6 | −45 |
| Venezuela | 60.2 | 59.5 | 54.1 | 58.9 | −2 | 56.6 | 59.7 | 48.3 | 49.8 | −12 |
| Canada | 63.9 | 46.2 | 31.1 | 24.7 | −61 | 54.1 | 39.2 | 26.6 | 22.2 | −59 |
| USA | 73.9 | 45.3 | 30.6 | 27.7 | −63 | 61.9 | 39.8 | 28.1 | 26.8 | −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.