Table 21: Standardized mortality rates (per 100 000) for acute and chronic disease and injury, by WHO regional subgroupings (data shown is for most recent year available)
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WHO sub- group |
Country |
Falls |
Inten- tional injuries |
Traffic casual- ties |
Accidental poisoning |
Alcohol use disorders |
Liver cirrhosis |
Mouth and oropha- rynx cancer |
Ischae- mic heart disease |
a Caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as death registration level is incomplete.
b As countries with very small population size are likely to have spurious trends, care should be exercised when making inter-country comparisons.
|
AFR-D |
Mauritius |
2.77 |
14.44 |
15.91 |
|
2.04 |
15.78 |
3.85 |
173.51 |
AMR-A |
Canada |
3.08 |
12.09 |
8.45 |
2.73 |
1.61 |
5.24 |
2.06 |
82.97 |
AMR-A |
Cuba |
12.26 |
18.22 |
12.19 |
0.32 |
2.31 |
7.61 |
3.82 |
108.52 |
AMR-A |
United States of America (the) |
6.78 |
20.21 |
15.00 |
0.58 |
1.90 |
7.47 |
2.00 |
112.40 |
AMR-B |
Argentina |
0.79 |
15.51 |
9.56 |
0.45 |
1.83 |
6.39 |
2.14 |
49.38 |
AMR-B |
Bahamas (the) a,b |
0.45 |
26.02 |
20.04 |
0.30 |
3.98 |
16.91 |
2.49 |
85.79 |
AMR-B |
Brazil a |
3.53 |
29.63 |
16.63 |
0.17 |
3.28 |
11.31 |
3.87 |
72.26 |
AMR-B |
Chile |
0.83 |
10.26 |
10.69 |
0.27 |
1.47 |
20.49 |
1.35 |
62.42 |
AMR-B |
Colombia a |
3.34 |
69.15 |
17.71 |
0.29 |
0.03 |
6.25 |
1.72 |
89.80 |
AMR-B |
Costa Rica a |
2.35 |
11.78 |
17.83 |
0.27 |
0.93 |
7.81 |
2.22 |
93.08 |
AMR-B |
El Salvador a |
3.92 |
50.62 |
33.51 |
0.22 |
19.50 |
12.41 |
1.05 |
77.84 |
AMR-B |
Mexico |
3.14 |
15.00 |
11.64 |
1.05 |
5.82 |
36.15 |
1.33 |
75.78 |
AMR-B |
Panama a |
3.69 |
15.88 |
15.25 |
0.41 |
1.03 |
7.91 |
2.83 |
59.02 |
AMR-B |
Paraguay a |
0.74 |
16.38 |
10.42 |
0.43 |
1.42 |
6.26 |
2.05 |
51.31 |
AMR-B |
Trinidad and Tobago |
2.48 |
16.74 |
11.87 |
3.33 |
0.67 |
9.55 |
3.87 |
170.91 |
AMR-B |
Uruguay |
1.43 |
15.18 |
10.05 |
4.02 |
1.45 |
5.95 |
3.27 |
60.10 |
AMR-B |
Venezuela |
3.19 |
19.39 |
23.20 |
2.24 |
0.84 |
11.21 |
1.81 |
119.36 |
AMR-D |
Ecuador a |
3.42 |
22.16 |
11.95 |
1.96 |
2.97 |
15.45 |
0.97 |
31.32 |
EMR-B |
Kuwait |
2.20 |
3.93 |
19.01 |
0.65 |
0.05 |
4.01 |
0.97 |
79.10 |
EMR-D |
Egypt a |
0.93 |
0.51 |
6.65 |
0.15 |
0.00 |
35.89 |
0.57 |
27.05 |
EUR-A |
Austria |
6.76 |
15.38 |
9.84 |
1.11 |
2.98 |
14.95 |
3.96 |
100.03 |
EUR-A |
Croatia |
8.33 |
17.32 |
11.27 |
1.72 |
3.18 |
20.90 |
5.27 |
127.98 |
EUR-A |
Czech Republic (the) |
12.18 |
14.31 |
8.65 |
2.76 |
0.76 |
12.36 |
4.04 |
141.13 |
EUR-A |
Denmark |
12.20 |
13.00 |
9.57 |
2.96 |
6.90 |
11.70 |
3.17 |
90.91 |
EUR-A |
Finland |
10.84 |
23.20 |
7.77 |
9.12 |
3.63 |
9.60 |
1.82 |
122.98 |
EUR-A |
France |
8.69 |
15.01 |
13.06 |
0.79 |
3.37 |
11.45 |
5.85 |
39.12 |
EUR-A |
Germany |
4.40 |
11.15 |
8.05 |
1.14 |
4.01 |
13.36 |
3.77 |
95.74 |
EUR-A |
Greece |
3.20 |
4.06 |
18.88 |
2.57 |
0.05 |
3.83 |
1.22 |
63.65 |
EUR-A |
Icelandb |
2.81 |
11.42 |
6.16 |
0.57 |
2.29 |
2.58 |
1.60 |
108.20 |
EUR-A |
Ireland |
7.00 |
11.97 |
10.14 |
1.04 |
1.98 |
3.94 |
3.04 |
133.70 |
EUR-A |
Israel |
1.46 |
8.26 |
5.57 |
0.26 |
0.93 |
3.85 |
1.20 |
77.33 |
EUR-A |
Italy |
7.48 |
6.38 |
11.76 |
0.37 |
0.22 |
10.73 |
2.90 |
57.20 |
EUR-A |
Luxem- bourg b |
5.25 |
16.77 |
17.36 |
5.22 |
4.17 |
12.19 |
4.28 |
59.33 |
EUR-A |
Malta b |
8.70 |
9.55 |
4.49 |
1.30 |
0.37 |
5.46 |
4.64 |
144.63 |
EUR-A |
Nether- lands (the) |
2.66 |
9.54 |
6.59 |
0.74 |
1.39 |
4.44 |
2.47 |
70.17 |
EUR-A |
Norway |
8.05 |
12.16 |
6.05 |
1.99 |
3.44 |
3.10 |
2.47 |
81.19 |
EUR-A |
Portugal |
3.38 |
4.82 |
12.50 |
0.64 |
0.32 |
13.08 |
4.06 |
50.51 |
EUR-A |
Spain |
2.31 |
7.49 |
13.98 |
2.03 |
0.52 |
8.45 |
3.75 |
49.94 |
EUR-A |
Sweden |
18.45 |
21.10 |
5.84 |
1.49 |
2.47 |
3.97 |
1.69 |
89.28 |
EUR-A |
Switzerland |
2.88 |
14.65 |
6.50 |
3.85 |
2.31 |
5.79 |
3.33 |
70.55 |
EUR-A |
United Kingdom (the) |
14.80 |
14.62 |
5.62 |
1.91 |
0.87 |
7.36 |
2.15 |
112.41 |
EUR-B |
Albania a |
1.22 |
11.52 |
7.83 |
2.97 |
0.39 |
|
1.88 |
77.81 |
EUR-B |
Armenia |
0.72 |
3.62 |
5.43 |
1.32 |
|
13.07 |
2.16 |
261.22 |
EUR-B |
Azerbaijan a |
0.30 |
6.80 |
5.15 |
1.14 |
|
34.02 |
1.23 |
284.62 |
EUR-B |
Bulgaria |
3.06 |
14.95 |
10.92 |
2.18 |
0.77 |
12.74 |
3.12 |
144.31 |
EUR-B |
Kyrgyzstan a |
3.39 |
21.81 |
11.36 |
13.61 |
1.98 |
38.36 |
2.98 |
240.83 |
EUR-B |
Poland |
7.87 |
15.04 |
13.21 |
3.72 |
2.91 |
10.67 |
3.61 |
102.65 |
EUR-B |
Romania |
5.80 |
13.75 |
11.23 |
5.10 |
3.38 |
37.09 |
5.72 |
175.06 |
EUR-B |
Slovenia |
11.82 |
24.24 |
13.42 |
1.57 |
4.90 |
26.29 |
6.34 |
78.62 |
EUR-B |
TFYR Macedonia |
0.99 |
19.09 |
5.12 |
0.97 |
0.80 |
5.70 |
2.51 |
84.17 |
EUR-B |
Turkme- nistan a |
4.01 |
28.40 |
8.60 |
19.04 |
|
42.35 |
3.63 |
319.76 |
EUR-B |
Uzbekistan a |
11.25 |
14.68 |
8.89 |
1.31 |
|
39.05 |
2.59 |
316.50 |
EUR-C |
Belarus |
5.14 |
38.92 |
13.97 |
29.09 |
|
12.76 |
4.37 |
331.23 |
EUR-C |
Estonia |
7.99 |
38.35 |
14.35 |
25.65 |
3.63 |
17.39 |
6.18 |
274.79 |
EUR-C |
Hungary |
18.67 |
25.96 |
11.69 |
1.40 |
2.87 |
45.79 |
12.64 |
179.07 |
EUR-C |
Kazakhstan a |
2.41 |
42.20 |
12.02 |
44.47 |
1.90 |
23.20 |
3.54 |
269.93 |
EUR-C |
Latvia |
13.25 |
37.26 |
22.78 |
13.60 |
8.15 |
12.10 |
3.99 |
250.55 |
EUR-C |
Lithuania |
10.22 |
45.94 |
18.16 |
16.20 |
1.10 |
14.36 |
5.58 |
250.20 |
EUR-C |
Republic of Moldova (the) a |
3.33 |
22.37 |
11.69 |
8.60 |
1.58 |
65.03 |
4.72 |
311.58 |
EUR-C |
Russian Federation (the) |
8.42 |
61.42 |
25.82 |
36.62 |
|
|
4.49 |
285.38 |
EUR-C |
Ukraine |
9.30 |
8.72 |
10.56 |
1.85 |
|
20.72 |
5.21 |
368.11 |
WPR-A |
Australia |
2.27 |
13.63 |
8.91 |
3.05 |
0.99 |
3.77 |
2.69 |
85.46 |
WPR-A |
Japan |
2.78 |
18.80 |
7.38 |
0.38 |
0.24 |
6.15 |
2.23 |
27.29 |
WPR-A |
New Zealand |
4.17 |
13.23 |
11.57 |
0.83 |
0.46 |
2.40 |
2.65 |
102.50 |
WPR-A |
Singapore a |
3.09 |
9.47 |
4.96 |
0.09 |
|
2.84 |
5.83 |
91.24 |
WPR-B |
Philippines (the) a |
2.35 |
19.80 |
8.60 |
0.30 |
0.71 |
10.00 |
4.67 |
86.22 |
WPR-B |
Republic of Korea (the) a |
6.59 |
16.00 |
20.00 |
0.92 |
2.48 |
20.02 |
1.69 |
27.01 |
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.56
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