TABLE A4.

Growth Rate in Infectious and Chronic Disease Mortality Levels (% per year), 2002 to 2030

Region	Infectious Diseases	Chronic Diseases
World	−0.60	1.58
High income	−0.27	0.67
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	−0.01	−0.16
East Asia and Pacific	−1.43	2.01
South Asia	−1.78	2.10
Latin America	−1.01	2.30
Middle East and North Africa	−0.90	2.47
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.27	2.48

Sources: Author's calculations. Data and region categories are based on Mathers and Loncar 2006 and WHO's Global Burden of Disease projections. Infectious diseases classification is based on WHO's type 1 burden of disease cluster. Chronic diseases classification is based on cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus subcategories of WHO's type 2 burden of disease cluster.