TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics of the variables used in the models. Values weighted by the population size of each city (Salud Urbana en América Latina Project, ten countries of Latin America, 1990–2015).

Variable	Mean	Median	Stand. Dev.	Minimum	Maximum
Death rate per 100,000 population
Total mortality	571	560	113	58	1,103
Female	491	479	108	46	1,045
Male	656	650	133	70	1,425
0–9 years	182	172	61	16	1,110
10–29 years	121	106	68	22	790
30–44 years	228	221	73	42	1,162
45–64 years	740	749	158	121	2031
65+ years	4,742	4,657	641	547	13,800
Cardiovascular diseases	161	152	48	14	384
Respiratory diseases	36	33	16	0	213
Malignant neoplasms	97	94	28	9	233
Diabetes mellitus	38	26	27	0	173
Respiratory infections	29	23	17	2	150
Infectious and parasitic diseases	27	25	12	2	252
Nutritional deficiencies	5	4	4	0	49
Road traffic injuries	17	16	8	0	75
Suicide	5	5	3	0	29
Homicide	34	24	37	0	453
Covariates
GDP per capita 1	14	12	10	1	148
Population 0–9 years (%)	17	17	3	10	31
Population 65+ years (%)	7	6	2	1	15
Masculinity index 2	94	94	5	76	129
Female population 0–9 years (%)	16	16	3	10	31
Male population 0–9 years (%)	18	18	3	11	32
Female population 65+ years (%)	7	7	2	1	18
Male population 65+ years (%)	6	6	1	1	14

¹Thousand US$ at 2011 prices.

²Men per 100 women in the population.