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Ischemic heart diseases (IHD) is the first cause of death in the Region of the Americas.
In 2007, IHD caused:
662,011 deaths, 13% of total deaths in the Americas
255,586 deaths, 9.6% of total deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean
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