Table 2 |
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Comparison between the number of papers published by region and regional estimates of the burden of non-communicable disease |
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Region |
Number of papers* |
% |
Burden of disease (hundreds of thousands of DALYs lost)** |
% |
|
|
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Sub-Saharan Africa |
14 |
44% |
1050 |
18% |
|
Asia and other Islands |
11 |
34% |
1040 |
18% |
|
Latin America and the Caribbean |
4 |
13% |
689 |
12% |
|
India |
3 |
9% |
1714 |
29% |
|
China |
2 |
6% |
1431 |
24% |
|
Total |
34 |
100 |
5924 |
100 |
|
|
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* Some papers performed multiple analyses and/or used multiple sources of data etc. Therefore, the presentation of results may suggest that there are more than 32 papers, which is not the case. **Source: World Development Report 1993 [10] |
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Mulligan et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2006 4:7 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-4-7 |
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