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, Sebastián García-Saisó, Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Ricardo Pérez Nuñez, 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

PAHO Pan American Health Organization

RD respiratory disease

RHD rheumatic heart disease

SDG Sustainable Development Goals

UHC universal health coverage

WHO World Health Organization