Table 1. Estimates of the number of Latin America–born adults with Chagas disease in the United States.
Birth country | Trypanosoma cruzi infection prevalence, % | Estimated no. infected adults by age group |
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All ages | 18–34 | 35–49 | >50 | ||
Argentina | 3.64 | 14,463 | 600 | 2,592 | 11,271 |
Belize | 0.33 | 344 | 15 | 53 | 276 |
Bolivia | 18.3 | 27,335 | 1,650 | 5,262 | 20,423 |
Brazil | 0.61 | 3,865 | 379 | 1,049 | 2,437 |
Chile | 0.70 | 1,560 | 69 | 226 | 1,265 |
Colombia | 0.51 | 7,840 | 398 | 1,260 | 6,182 |
Costa Rica | 0.17 | 289 | 18 | 55 | 216 |
Ecuador | 1.38 | 11,200 | 719 | 2,316 | 8,165 |
El Salvador | 1.90 | 41,788 | 3,287 | 11,260 | 27,241 |
Guatemala | 1.13 | 14,143 | 1,846 | 4,109 | 8,188 |
Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname | 0.84 | 5,171 | 183 | 746 | 4,242 |
Honduras | 0.65 | 5,208 | 671 | 1,606 | 2,931 |
Mexico | 0.73 | 141,554 | 10,730 | 36,413 | 94,411 |
Nicaragua | 0.52 | 2,773 | 131 | 528 | 2,114 |
Panama | 0.52 | 1,810 | 64 | 233 | 1,513 |
Paraguay | 2.13 | 679 | 75 | 134 | 470 |
Peru | 0.44 | 4,125 | 192 | 728 | 3,205 |
Uruguay | 0.24 | 234 | 11 | 39 | 184 |
Venezuela |
0.71 |
3,330 |
315 |
842 |
2,173 |
All Latin America countries | 1.64 | 287,711 | 21,353 | 69,451 | 196,907 |