Table 1. Existence of a national strategy for NCDs.
Numbers represent countries (%).
| Location | National non-communicable chronic disease strategy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Under development | No | Unknown | n | |
| Overall | 73(47) | 21(14) | 42(27) | 18(12) | 154 |
| ISN regions: | |||||
| • Africa | 14(34) | 5(12) | 16(39) | 6(15) | 41 |
| • Eastern & Central Europe | 9(47) | 4(21) | 5(26) | 1(5) | 19 |
| • Latin America & the Caribbean | 10(56) | 3(17) | 4(22) | 1(6) | 18 |
| • Middle East | 3(27) | 1(9) | 6(55) | 1(9) | 11 |
| • NIS & Russia | 2(29) | 2(29) | 2(29) | 1(14) | 7 |
| • North America | 6(67) | 1(11) | 1(11) | 1(11) | 9 |
| • North & East Asia | 5(71) | 0(0) | 1(14) | 1(14) | 7 |
| • Oceania & South East Asia | 12(80) | 1(7) | 1(7) | 1(7) | 15 |
| • South Asia | 2(29) | 3(43) | 2(29) | 0(0) | 7 |
| • Western Europe | 10(50) | 1(5) | 4(20) | 5(25) | 20 |
| World Bank Groups: | |||||
| • Low income | 7(32) | 3(14) | 9(41) | 3(14) | 22 |
| • Lower-middle income | 13(37) | 9(26) | 9(26) | 4(11) | 35 |
| • Upper-middle income | 18(44) | 6(15) | 13(32) | 4(10) | 41 |
| • High income | 35(63) | 3(5) | 11(20) | 7(13) | 56 |