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Global, Regional, and National Trends of Chagas Disease from 1990 to 2019: Comprehensive Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Cover

Global, Regional, and National Trends of Chagas Disease from 1990 to 2019: Comprehensive Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study

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|Aug 2022

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Top 10 countries with the highest estimated Chagas Disease prevalence rate per 100,000 population in 2019.

COUNTRY/STATEPREVALENCE (RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION) 1990PREVALENCE (RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION) 2019PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1990–2019 (%)PREVALENCE NUMBER 1990PREVALENCE NUMBER 2019PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1990–2019 (%)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)14498.60 (12803.28–16303.82)4993.53 (4540.19–5483.11)–65.56795786.94 (700556.5–899392.56)556181.13 (507218.66–611029.13)–30.11
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2888.71 (2495.06–3327.43)1654.73 (1439.50–1897.81)–42.72457479.5 (392331.28– 530739.19)493902.31 (429738.44– 564220)7.96
Argentina4987.04 (4423.46– 5566.96)1524.07 (1343.16– 1736.00)–69.441622896.4 (1441816.8 – 1811864.5)735490.88 (648796.81– 838063)–54.68
Chile3911.59 (3485.31– 4430.37)1114.17 (987.04– 1261.69)–71.52503984.09 (448713.91– 571287.44)247197.23 (219291.86– 279687.94)–50.95
Mexico1347.48 (1120.54– 1614.53)1030.50 (877.70– 1205.66)–23.52939303.44 (769873.56– 1139743.9)1311109.6 (1115869.6– 1534459.9)39.58
Brazil1463.32 (1240.20– 1711.31)912.36 (788.20– 1048.06)–37.651918996.9 (1616752.4– 2249374.3)2164570.3 (1868033.1– 2483588.8)12.80
Honduras1903.46 (1616.01– 2215.56)904.78 (776.29– 1054.24)–52.4766869.28 (56657.88– 78305.21)76312.81 (65038.65– 88780.77)14.12
Ecuador1965.65 (1647.37– 2313.59)776.74 (653.95– 928.24)–60.48167052.69 (139128.86– 197316.98)132898.13 (111731.95– 159078.03)–20.45
Guatemala1967.54 (1667.02– 2316.64)712.89 (605.96– 835.04)–63.77121036.18 (101590.44– 143467.08)110211.03 (92889.24– 129231.16)–8.94
Nicaragua1559.28 (1313.79– 1843.13)668.67 (566.27– 779.08)–57.1244839.46 (37587.15– 53213.13)39908.47 (33606.16– 46667.06)–11.00
Figure 1

World map summarizing A.) the prevalence number of Chagas Disease (CD) reported cases by country in Latin America, B.) the age-standardized prevalence rate of CD by country in Latin America, C.) The prevalence number of CD reported cases by country and U.S. state in North America, and D.) The prevalence number of CD reported cases by country in Europe in 2019.

Source: https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/.

Table 2

Top 10 countries according to the age-standardized disability-adjusted life-year rates (per 100,000 population) due to Chagas disease in 2019.

COUNTRY/STATEDALY RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION IN 1990DALY RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION IN 2019PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1990–2019 (%)DALYS (NUMBER) 1990DALYS (NUMBER) 2019PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1990–2019 (%)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)339.96 (143.26 – 531.52)183.76 (64.92 – 328.59)–45.9512503.39 (5668.15 – 18939.51)16882.47 (6156.26 – 29128.09)35.02
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)228.02 (99.96 – 285.06)92.55 (62.26 – 169.48)–59.4123314.70 (10840.66 – 28919.13)27037.40 (18134.19 – 50564.87)15.97
Brazil245.46 (80.79 – 312.29)72.32 (44.93 – 125.48)–70.54256380.58 (81679.58 – 328720.59)174194.22 (109039.60 – 302974.38)–32.06
Argentina116.02 (69.25 – 184.24)45.77 (28.66 – 119.24)–60.5436724.31 (21979.75 – 58618.17)23552.58 (14648.12 – 61744.26)–35.87
Paraguay55.93 (25.82 – 72.47)26.21 (15.76 – 44.77)–53.141358.92 (659.02 – 1748.67)1541.27 (947.25 – 2653.88)13.42
Chile40.65 (29.20 – 53.75)18.01 (12.87 – 24.02)–55.714594.70 (3259.73 – 6165.39)4195.56 (2987.86 – 5587.42)–8.69
Honduras24.53 (14.65 – 33.85)15.80 (7.81 – 24.79)–35.61607.24 (384.35 – 843.46)1003.25 (538.33 – 1518.92)65.21
El Salvador26.84 (17.48 – 39.51)12.67 (8.19 – 21.96)–52.79918.93 (594.81 – 1293.11)759.50 (489.69 – 1314.18)–17.35
Colombia12.26 (9.12 – 21.27)10.34 (4.79 – 15.53)–15.672617.90 (1966.51 – 4186.43)5426.21 (2529.02 – 8181.17)107.27
Mexico12.64 (8.35 – 17.93)10.22 (6.79 – 14.28)–19.116933.23 (4479.72 – 9991.35)12533.67 (8303.68 – 17462.50)80.78
Figure 2

Chagas Disease age-standardized prevalence rate by year in the A.) top 5 Latin American countries, B.) top 5 European region countries, C.) top 5 U.S. states, and D.) Australia and Japan from 1990 to 2019.

Source: https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/.

Figure 3

Chagas Disease (CD) prevalence rate per 100,000 population in 2019 according to the sociodemographic index (SDI) classification.

Source: https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/.

Figure 4

Sex- and age-specific rates per 100,000 of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) due to Chagas Disease (CD) worldwide in 2019.

Source: https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1150 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: May 28, 2021
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2022
Published on: Aug 24, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2022 Sergio Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa, Lyda Z. Rojas, Luis E. Echeverría, Taulant Muka, Oscar H. Franco, published by Ubiquity Press
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