Table 2. Crude and age-standardized (WHO population) incidence density mortality rate (by 1,000 persons-year), by site and gender (The PLATINO Study).

	Number of deaths		Crude Rate			Standardized rate (WHO population)
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Ratio M/F	Males	Females	Ratio M/F
Montevideo (Uruguay)
Overall	35	36	24•3	17•4	1•4	22•4	13•9	1•6
Cardiovascular	6	5	4•2	2•4	1•8	4•0	1•6	2•5
Cancer	4	9	2•8	4•3	0•7	2•5	3•7	0•7
Respiratory	2	1	1•4	0•5	2•8	1•2	0•4	3•0
Metabolic and endocrine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others	2	4	1•3	1•9	0•7	1•1	1•9	0•6
Ill defined	21	17	14•6	8•2	1•8	13•6	6•3	2•2
Santiago (Chile)
Overall	45	50	19•8	13•1	1•5	22•3	13•5	1•7
Cardiovascular	11	19	5•3	5•0	1•1	6•3	5•2	1•2
Cancer	9	12	3•9	3•1	1•3	4•4	3•4	1•3
Respiratory	6	4	2•4	1•0	2•5	3•0	1•1	2•7
Metabolic and endocrine	2	2	0•9	0•5	1•7	1•1	0•5	2•2
Others	9	6	3•9	1•6	2•5	4•4	1•5	2•9
Ill defined	7	7	3•1	1•8	1•7	3•1	1•8	1•7
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Overall	66	69	25•1	18•4	1•4	31•9	20•5	1•6
Cardiovascular	25	22	9•5	6•8	1•4	11•9	7•7	1•6
Cancer	9	16	3•4	4•6	0•7	3•8	4•9	0•8
Respiratory	7	8	2•7	2•1	1•2	4•9	2•5	2•0
Metabolic and endocrine	5	7	1•9	2•1	0•9	2•6	2•4	1•1
Others	15	6	5•7	1•8	3•1	6•9	2•0	3•4
Ill defined	5	10	1•9	3•1	0•6	1•8	3•4	0•5