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. 2021 Oct;111(10):1839–1846. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306452

TABLE 1—

Average Monthly Deaths, Overall, and by Sex, Age, and Place of Death: Guatemala, January 2015‒December 2020

Year Monthly Deaths, Thousands Population, Millions
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Overall 2015–2019 7.09 6.33 7.06 6.99 7.02 6.90 7.19 7.01 6.77 7.04 7.09 6.33 16.1
2020 7.29 6.51 6.37 5.65 6.34 8.97 12.15 9.87 8.28 8.02 7.29 6.51 16.9
Sex
 Male 2015–2019 3.97 3.51 3.93 3.88 3.88 3.80 3.97 3.90 3.76 3.91 3.97 3.51 7.93
2020 4.10 3.63 3.46 3.03 3.41 5.28 7.48 5.90 4.74 4.59 4.10 3.63 8.30
 Female 2015–2019 3.12 2.82 3.13 3.10 3.13 3.10 3.21 3.10 3.00 3.13 3.12 2.82 8.16
2020 3.19 2.88 2.91 2.63 2.93 3.69 4.67 3.96 3.54 3.43 3.19 2.88 8.56
Age, y
 1–4 2015–2019 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.23 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.16 1.50
2020 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.13 1.51
 5–19 2015–19 0.31 0.28 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.31 0.28 5.41
2020 0.31 0.25 0.23 0.21 0.24 0.23 0.25 0.28 0.25 0.25 0.31 0.25 5.41
 20–39 2015–2019 0.98 0.86 0.96 0.93 0.97 0.93 1.01 0.96 0.94 0.95 0.98 0.86 5.24
2020 0.89 0.85 0.73 0.65 0.78 0.92 1.10 0.98 0.92 0.95 0.89 0.85 5.61
 40–59 2015–2019 1.28 1.13 1.27 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.25 1.24 1.18 1.26 1.28 1.13 2.42
2020 1.32 1.15 1.18 1.05 1.31 2.04 2.70 2.06 1.64 1.57 1.32 1.15 2.67
 60–74 2015–2019 1.50 1.34 1.49 1.46 1.45 1.45 1.48 1.46 1.42 1.45 1.50 1.34 0.82
2020 1.64 1.51 1.54 1.36 1.61 2.49 3.67 2.74 2.27 2.07 1.64 1.51 0.91
 ≥ 75 2015–2019 2.24 2.00 2.13 2.11 2.05 2.03 2.13 2.09 2.02 2.17 2.24 2.00 0.32
2020 2.44 2.05 2.09 1.90 1.92 2.74 3.87 3.26 2.71 2.69 2.44 2.05 0.36
Place of death
 Home 2015–2019 4.45 3.98 4.37 4.28 4.27 4.24 4.34 4.27 4.17 4.33 4.45 3.98 NA
2020 4.58 3.96 4.02 3.72 4.14 5.73 7.88 6.51 5.59 5.33 4.58 3.96 NA
 Hospital 2015–2019 2.01 1.83 2.08 2.12 2.15 2.05 2.21 2.15 2.02 2.07 2.01 1.83 NA
2020 2.18 2.05 1.96 1.63 1.84 2.81 3.80 2.86 2.25 2.22 2.18 2.05 NA
 Health center 2015–2019 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 NA
2020 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 NA
 Public spaces 2015–2019 0.46 0.39 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.47 0.43 0.43 0.46 0.46 0.39 NA
2020 0.37 0.33 0.27 0.19 0.22 0.28 0.29 0.33 0.29 0.34 0.37 0.33 NA
 Other 2015–2019 0.13 0.11 0.14 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.13 0.11 NA
2020 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.13 0.13 NA

Note. NA = not applicable. 2015–2019 refers to the average monthly death count or yearly population from 2015 to 2019.