Today, 98% survive their first year and have a high probability of reaching old age. One of every four children born in 1900 in Latin America and the Caribbean died before reaching his or her first birthday. Infant mortality also fell significantly in the past 110 years. A separate country volume consists of reports from each of the 48 countries and territories of the Western Hemisphere, based on data from 2005-2010. Progress in public health in the Americas since 1900 is presented in the regional volume of Health in the Americas. It is estimated that by 2020 it will rise to slightly more than one billion inhabitants, representing 13.4% of the global population. In 1900 the population of the Americas was 194 million people 110 years later, it has risen to over 940 million. Major demographic trends in the Region of the Americas include population growth, urbanization, and population aging. In Colombia, mortality in children under 5 in 2010 was 11.3 times greater in the poorest quintile than in the wealthiest. These differences are also seen within countries. For example, life expectancy in 2010 was 79.2 in Chile but only 66.8 in Bolivia, a difference of 12.4 years. However, differences among countries of the Region persist. In 2010, those figures were 78 and 74 years, respectively. Life expectancy at birth in North America in 1900 was 48 years, while life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean was 29 years. "However, after reviewing the most recent developments in population health and its determinants in the Americas, we have to get to work urgently and energetically to make this Region a more equitable and sustainable home for all of its current and future inhabitants." "The countries of the Region have been collectively successful in making this part of the world healthier and more prosperous," said PAHO Director Dr. A central theme of the publication is the high level of inequality in the distribution of health and well-being in the Region. The report, presented today at the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference (17-21 September) in Washington, D.C., describes the progress made by the countries of the Americas and the challenges they face as they work to improve health in the Region, presenting an integrated approach to the most pressing health issues. However, inequalities persist among and within countries, according to the 2012 edition of Health in the Americas, published by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Washington, D.C., 18 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) - Average life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean rose from 29 years in 1900 to 74 years in 2010, and today 98% of children live to see their first birthday, while 100 years ago only 75% did. During the past 110 years, health in the Americas has improved significantly, but inequalities persist, says the 2012 PAHO/WHO report Health in the Americas
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