The Caribbean faces the worst epidemic of chronic, non-communicable diseases (CNCD) (heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease) in the Americas, causing much preventable loss of life, lost productivity and spiraling health care costs. In response to this alarming fact, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government held a Regional Summit on CNCD on September 15, 2007 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The main objectives of the Summit were to establish and agree on a regional approach to the prevention and control of CNCD; to examine the burden of the main diseases and the evidence for the application of interventions; and to propose solutions at the level of the health sector and examine those with major policy implications that fall within the purview of Heads of Government.

To assist in the successful completion of these goals, CAREC was responsible for sourcing, tabulating and presenting mortality data from our Member Countries. These data were used to create meaningful graphs and are presented here in the form of a poster. This presentation serves to illustrate the leading causes of death in the Caribbean Region over the time period 2000 to 2004 with particular focus on the relative contribution of CNCD

To download the poster you can click on this link or the poster below. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the PDF.