Road safety: challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin American Economic Review

Table 6 Projected top ten causes of death for 2030.

	World	High-income countries	Low- and middle-income countries
	World	High-income countries	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ischemic heart disease	9,245,111	1,393,090	2,572,199	1,238,691	627,174	540,877	2,267,077	606,002
Stroke	8,578,124	866,778	3,637,130	771,443	416,674	363,935	1,655,546	866,618
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	4,568,157	445,821	1,507,041	89,278	199,700	70,851	2,092,965	162,501
Lower respiratory infections	3,535,247	524,961	601,006	63,162	282,238	103,462	727,734	1,232,684
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers	2,413,401	626,552	1,214,598	148,078	117,401	41,767	220,041	44,965
Other circulatory diseases	1,929,188	879,264	404,681	72,900	180,821	97,263	160,936	133,324
Road injury	1,853,581	72,024	391,304	38,075	131,289	118,637	588,620	513,632
HIV/AIDS	1,793,500	51,463	124,454	114,885	57,198	22,318	105,394	1,317,788
Diarrheal diseases	1,616,713	54,202	70,331	6,912	20,418	15,226	859,824	589,800
Hypertensive heart disease	1,457,306	251,561	412,501	87,247	163,892	90,298	292,174	159,632