Table 2. Mortality from cervical cancer in the Region of the Americas, 2000–2009.

Country or territory	Mortality from cervical cancer					APCc (95% CI)
	Deaths in 2000	ASMRa in 2000	Latest yearb	Deaths in latest yearb	ASMRa in latest yearb
Northern America
Canada	703	2.7	2007	730	2.4	−2.21 (−3.31 to −1.09)
United States of America	7460	3.3	2007	7786	3.1	−1.18 (−1.52 to −0.83)
Mexico and Central America
Belize	17	23.2	2008	16	15.5	−7.43 (−12.89 to −1.63)
Costa Rica	151	9.1	2009	117	5.1	−6.65 (−8.44 to −4.82)
El Salvador	611	23.6	2008	566	17.9	−3.01 (−4.01 to −2.0)
Mexico	4944	12.3	2009	4326	8.0	−4.86 (−5.17 to −4.56)
Nicaragua	380	24.1	2009	421	19.4	−3.73 (−4.76 to −2.68)
Panama	153	12.0	2009	147	8.5	−5.43 (−7.01 to −3.83)
South America
Andean Area
Colombia	2416	14.7	2008	2609	12.0	−3.05 (−3.54 to −2.56)
Ecuador	694	13.9	2009	885	13.3	−0.86 (−1.63 to −0.08)
Peru	2117	20.9	2007	2031	16.3	−1.15 (−1.85 to −0.44)
Venezuela	1548	15.9	2007	1856	14.9	−1.31 (−2.02 to −0.06)
Brazil	7965	10.1	2009	8920	8.4	−2.2 (−2.43 to −1.97)
Southern Cone
Argentina	1861	8.4	2009	1955	7.6	−0.99 (−1.48 to −0.49)
Chile	771	8.9	2008	685	6.1	−4.02 (−4.91 to −3.12)
Paraguay	549	28.6	2009	537	20.5	−3.49 (−4.35 to −2.63)
Caribbean
Cuba	531	7.2	2009	593	7.0	−0.16 (−1.18 to 0.87)
Guyana	72	22.8	2006	44	12.7	−4.88 (−9.77 to 0.27)
Puerto Rico	94	3.5	2007	106	3.4	−1.79 (−4.65 to 1.16)
Suriname	26	12.6	2007	21	8.3	−4.77 (−10.37 to 1.17)
Trinidad and Tobago	89	13.6	2007	95	12.9	−1.59 (−4.80 to 1.73)

APC, annual percentage change; ASMR, age-standardized mortality rate; CI, confidence interval.

^a Deaths per 100 000 females.

^b Latest year for which relevant data on mortality from cervical cancer were available.

^c In ASMR between 2000 and the latest year for which data were available.