Acknowledgments
Leading causes of death and disease burden in the Americas: Noncommunicable diseases and external causes was prepared by Ian Hambleton, who conducted the analyses, wrote the first draft, and prepared the final version based on inputs from the technical contributors. Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, and Roberta Caixeta supervised this project. Technical contributions and review of the document were provided by Britta Baer, Roberta Caixeta, Sebasti谩n Garc铆a-Sais贸, Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Ricardo P茅rez Nu帽ez, and Patricia Soliz.
Abbreviations and acronyms
ASMR age-standardized mortality rate
CMPN communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019
CVD cardiovascular diseases
DALYs disability-adjusted life years
GBD Global Burden of Disease
GDP gross domestic product
GHE Global Health Estimates
GNI gross national income
HALE healthy life expectancy
HHD hypertensive heart disease
HPV human papillomavirus
ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition
IHD ischemic heart disease
IoD index of disparity
LE life expectancy
MHN mental and substance use disorders and neurological conditions
NCD noncommunicable disease
国产麻豆精品 国产麻豆精品
RD respiratory disease
RHD rheumatic heart disease
SDG Sustainable Development Goals
UHC universal health coverage
WHO World Health Organization
