Asis De Honduras

health situation in the americas

Basic Indicators

2012

Age-adjusted mortality rate from external causes
per 100,000 pop (10-49 years), 2008

14.9 - 42.8 42.9 - 54.5 54.6 - 74.0 74.1 - 136.2 no data

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Regional Office of the

World Health Organization
Office of the Assistant Director Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control Health Information and Analysis

110thANNIVERSARY

preface
On a yearly basis since 1995 the Regional Core Health Data Initiative of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) presents the most recent information on health indicators in the Region of the Americas. On the 110th anniversary of PAHO/WHO, this publication highlights the mortality due to external causes (EC); those causes of deathdifferent from natural causes and recognized as avoidable such as suicides, homicides and accidents. From the data reported by the countries, it is estimated that over 5.5 million people died from EC in the Region between 1999 and 2009. Three and a half million deaths (64%) occurred among the young and adult population (10-49 years old) with an average of 319,000 deaths per year; 84% of the deathshappened among males, five times more deaths among men than women. The most frequent causes were homicides (33%) and land transport accidents (26%). On the cover, we have included a map that shows the distribution of mortality from all EC of the countries in the Region in 2008. Furthermore, based on the importance of the mortality profile from EC, we have included a time series analysis from homicidesand land transport accidents by sex for eight subregions. It is important to recognize the efforts that several countries are conducting by implementing prevention programs on violence and injury, including the strengthening of information systems to quantify the events. Given the complexity of determinants and the role of different social sectors, it is fundamental that PAHO Member States continuetheir work within the commitments that have been acquired through instruments such as the PAHO Resolution CD 48/20 “Preventing Violence and Injuries and Promoting Safety: A Call for Action in the Region", 2008, and the "Plan of Action for Road Safety", 2011. The information presented in this brochure has been compiled, processed and reviewed by PAHO/WHO technical staff in collaboration with stafffrom the ministries of health and the planning and statistics offices in the Americas. For more information, including basic indicators and their definitions, please visit the website of the PAHO/WHO Regional Health Observatory at www.paho.org/rho

Mirta Roses Periago Director

For this publication: Latin America includes Mexico, the Central American Isthmus, the Latin Caribbean, the AndeanArea, Brazil, and the Southern Cone. ”Latin America and the Caribbean” comprise Latin America and non-Latin Caribbean. Brazil and Mexico are being shown separately due to their population size.

demographic indicators
3 1 2 annual births total crude average population birth rate (thousands) (1,000 pop) (thousands) 2012 The Americas North America Bermuda Canada United States of America LatinAmerica & the Caribbean Latin America Mexico Central American Isthmus Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Latin Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic French Guiana Guadeloupe Haiti Martinique Puerto Rico Andean Area Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela (Boliviarian Republic of) Brazil Southern Cone Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay Non-LatinCaribbean Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Cayman Islands Curaçao Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Islands Virgin Islands (UK) Virgin Islands (US) 953,686 350,535 69 34,675 315,791 603,151 595,972 116,147 44,012 324 4,794 6,264 15,138 7,912 5,955...