1. Burden of infected population in the Americas and by region.

Variable (2005)	The Americas	Southern Cone	Andean Community	Centroamerican region and Belize	French Guayana, Guyana, Suriname	Mexico	USA
Population	531,432,850	259,805,650	113,545,000	39,656,200	1,397,000	107,029,000	‐
Infected	7,694,500	4,451,900	1,168,000	806,600	18,000	1,100,000	100,000 to 200,000 people from endemic countries.
Congenital Chagas (annual)	14,385	9,365	2,600	1,300	20	1,100	‐
Chagas cardiopathy	1,772,365	1,180,990	361,954	129,345	933	99,143	‐

Data from OPS 2006.