TABLE 1. Deaths attributable to modifiable risk factors in the Americas.
|
|
Leading risks 1990 |
Percentage of deaths 1990 |
|
Leading risks 2019 |
Percentage of deaths 2019 |
Total deaths 2019 (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Tobacco |
18.8 |
1 |
High systolic blood pressure |
16.9 |
1 230 |
|
2 |
High systolic blood pressure |
18.0 |
2 |
High fasting plasma glucose |
14.7 |
1 064 |
|
3 |
Dietary risks |
14.5 |
3 |
Tobacco |
14.4 |
1 043 |
|
4 |
High LDL cholesterol |
10.9 |
4 |
High body-mass index |
13.0 |
940 |
|
5 |
High fasting plasma glucose |
10.4 |
5 |
Dietary risks |
12.6 |
916 |
|
6 |
High body-mass index |
8.9 |
6 |
Kidney dysfunction |
7.6 |
550 |
|
7 |
Child and maternal malnutrition |
7.9 |
7 |
High LDL cholesterol |
7.3 |
528 |
|
8 |
Air pollution |
7.0 |
8 |
Alcohol use |
5.1 |
370 |
|
9 |
Kidney dysfunction |
5.2 |
9 |
Air pollution |
4.1 |
298 |
|
10 |
Alcohol use |
4.5 |
10 |
Non-optimal temperature |
3.1 |
225 |
Source: Prepared by the authors using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study (1).
Note: The arrows refer to changes in order ranking for high systolic blood pressure and high fasting plasma glucose from 1990 to 2019.