Table 2. Cardiovascular disease premature age-standardized mortality rate trends, by sex and country.
| Countries | Time-series | Annual Average Percentage Change (AAPC) for the last 5 years of the time series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males | Females | ||||||||
| AAPC | UCI | LCI | AAPC | UCI | LCI | AAPC | UCI | LCI | ||
| Region of the Americas | 2000–2010 | -2.5 | -2.7 | -2.2 | -2.3 | -2.6 | -2.1 | -2.7 | -3 | -2.4 |
| Argentina | 2000–2011 | -2.9 | -3.5 | -2.4 | -2.6 | -3.1 | -2.1 | -3.2 | -3.9 | -2.5 |
| Brazil | 2000–2011 | -2.8 | -3.3 | -2.3 | -2.6 | -3.1 | -2.1 | -3 | -3.5 | -2.5 |
| Canada | 2000–2009 | -3.7 | -4.1 | -3.2 | -3.6 | -4.1 | -3.1 | -4 | -4.5 | -3.4 |
| Caribbean Islands ( * ) | 2000–2009 | -2.3 | -5.5 | 1.0 | -1.9 | -5 | 1.4 | -3.1 | -6.9 | 0.9 |
| Chile | 2000–2011 | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -0.8 | -2.7 | -3.2 | -2.1 |
| Colombia | 2000–2010 | -1.9 | -2.4 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -3 | -3.6 | -2.5 |
| Costa Rica | 2000–2011 | -1.0 | -1.8 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.9 | 0.8 | -2.8 | -3.9 | -1.8 |
| Cuba | 2001–2011 | -2.2 | -2.7 | -1.6 | -1.8 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -2.7 | -3.3 | -2.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 2000–07, 2009–10 | -0.4 | -1.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.8 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -1.5 | 0.2 |
| Ecuador | 2000–2011 | -2.8 | -3.7 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -2.4 | -0.9 | -3.8 | -4.4 | -3.2 |
| El Salvador | 2000–2011 | -0.2 | -1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 1.8 | -2.7 | -3.6 | -1.8 |
| Guyana | 2001–2010 | 1.3 | -0.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | -1.9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | -1.1 | 1.4 |
| Mexico | 2000–11 | -0.9 | -3.0 | 1.3 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -1.7 | -3.3 | -0.1 |
| Nicaragua | 2000–2011 | -4.4 | -5.3 | -3.5 | -4.1 | -5.1 | -3.2 | -5 | -6.1 | -3.9 |
| Panama | 2000–2011 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -1.5 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2000–2011 | -3.1 | -6.6 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -1.6 | -0.1 | -1.8 | -2.5 | -1 |
| Peru | 2000–2010 | -2.1 | -3.1 | -1.1 | -1.7 | -2.9 | -0.4 | -2.7 | -3.6 | -1.8 |
| Puerto Rico | 2000–2010 | -2.7 | -3.5 | -1.8 | -2.4 | -3.6 | -1.2 | -3.1 | -3.8 | -2.5 |
| Suriname | 2000–2008 | -4.6 | -6.8 | -2.4 | -4.9 | -10.1 | 0.7 | -5.5 | -6.8 | -4.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2000–2008 | -4.8 | -6.0 | -3.7 | -3.9 | -5.4 | -2.4 | -6.3 | -7.4 | -5.2 |
| United States | 2000–2010 | -4.4 | -4.9 | -4.0 | -2.8 | -2.9 | -2.6 | -3.1 | -3.4 | -2.9 |
| Uruguay | 2000–2010 | -2.9 | -3.0 | -2.7 | -3.1 | -3.7 | -2.5 | -3.9 | -5.2 | -2.6 |
| Venezuela | 2000–2009 | -1.8 | -2.2 | -1.3 | -0.2 | -1.4 | 1 | -2.5 | -3.2 | -1.8 |
Notes
AAPC: Annual average percentage change
UCI: Upper confidence interval
LCI: Lower confidence interval
*: Caribbean Islands include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (United Kingdom), and Virgin Islands (United States).
Source: PAHO Mortality information system. Pan American Health Organization. 2014.