THe 1994 edition of Health conditions in the Americas is the eleventh in a series of quadrennial reports published since 1954 to document the changes and advances in health achieved by the member and participating governments of the Pan American Health Organization. This document informs the XXIV Pan American Sanitary Conference about the health status of the peoples in the region, as perceived by the organization's Secretariat. It does not include a review of the technical cooperation activities between PAHO and the governments, which are described for the Conference in the Quadrennial Report of the Director 1990-1993, Annual Report 1993...The 1994 edition describes the changes that have occured, emphasizing the period 1989-1992, to the extent allowable by the available information. It consists of two volumes. The first presents a profile of the health situation in the region as a whole, in six chapters plus an annex of health and developmental indicators