By 1992, it is estimated that a total of 300,000 people in Latin America and the Caribbean were infected with both HIV and M. tuberculosis . Prominent among the emerging diseases is Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States, epidemic neuropathy in Cuba, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever. Although there is no homogeneous trend with respect to specific causes within this cause group, some are often predominant such as homicides in Colombia, for example and motor vehicle accidents. What indeed appears constant is the increase in urban violence. Rapid urbanization, unemployment, insecurity, great socioeconomic inequality, consumption of drugs, and alcoholism are among the factors underlying the increase in accidents and interpersonal violence.
Violence is perhaps one of the greatest challenges to modern society.
Prominent among these diseases is ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hyptertensive disease, and chronic rheumatic heart disease. The highest mortality from cardiovascular diseases in both sexes was found in some of the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, in North America, and in the Southern Cone. The lowest rates were in Mexico and Central America. The proportion of deaths from tumors of the various sites varies from country to country and, to a lesser extent, by sex. Cancer of the stomach is significant in most developing countries of the Region, and presents in higher rates for males.