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. 2024 Mar 27;4(3):e0003019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003019

Table 2. Survey characteristics.

Geographic region and country Income group Year Response rate, (%) N, after exclusiona Female, (%) Median age, years (IQR)
East, South, and Southeast Asia
Bangladesh L-MIC 2018 83.3 3,235 48.3 49 (44–56)
Bhutan L-MIC 2014 96.9 1,307 57.6 50 (45–57)
Cambodia L-MIC 2010 96.3 3,077 65.4 50 (45–56)
India L-MIC 2015–16 97.6 175,222 82.6 45 (42–47)
Indonesia L-MIC 2014 90.5 2,719 57.8 56 (47–61)
Laos L-MIC 2013 99.2 1,162 58.0 49 (44–55)
Myanmar L-MIC 2014 94.0 5,219 65.5 51 (45–57)
Nepal L-MIC 2019 86.4 2,468 58.8 51 (45–60)
Sri Lanka L-MIC 2014 72.0 2,586 59.8 53 (46–60)
Timor-Leste L-MIC 2014 96.3 1,211 52.8 51 (44–61)
Vietnam L-MIC 2015 97.4 1,842 56.9 52 (45–59)
Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan UMIC 2017 97.3 1,694 60.0 55 (48–60)
Belarus UMIC 2016 87.1 3,288 59.7 54 (47–61)
Georgia L-MIC 2016 75.7 2,297 73.0 56 (49–63)
Kyrgyzstan L-MIC 2013 100.0 1,556 63.2 51 (46–57)
Moldova L-MIC 2013 83.5 2,404 63.9 55 (49–62)
Mongolia L-MIC 2013 97.4 971 57.4 49 (44–54)
Romania UMIC 2015–16 69.1 1,017 53.5 54 (46–62)
Tajikistan L-MIC 2016 94.0 1,258 56.8 50 (45–57)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile UMIC 2009–10 85.0 2,345 60.2 53 (46–60)
Costa Rica UMIC 2010 87.8 1,452 75.1 52 (46–60)
Ecuador UMIC 2018 69.4 2,040 56.9 52 (46–60)
Guyana UMIC 2016 77.0 442 61.1 52 (46–59)
Mexico UMIC 2009–12 90.0 4,868 54.9 54 (48–60)
St. Vincent & the Grenadines UMIC 2013 67.8 594 57.4 52 (46–59)
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria UMIC 2016 93.8 3,131 54.2 50 (44–58)
Iran UMIC 2016 98.4 10,309 54.1 52 (45–59)
Iraq UMIC 2015 98.8 1,730 58.7 50 (44–59)
Lebanon UMIC 2017 65.9 790 62.7 52 (47–58)
Morocco L-MIC 2017 89.0 2,484 62.9 52 (46–60)
Oceania
Kiribati L-MIC 2015 55.0 528 54.5 50 (45–57)
Marshall Islands UMIC 2017 92.3 1,146 50.0 50 (44–57)
Samoa L-MIC 2013 64.0 702 62.0 50 (45–56)
Solomon Islands L-MIC 2015 58.4 824 50.2 50 (45–58)
Tuvalu UMIC 2015 76.0 545 55.6 54 (47–59)
Vanuatu L-MIC 2011 94.0 2,262 47.1 50 (44–56)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin L-MIC 2015 98.6 1,978 48.5 50 (44–56)
Botswana UMIC 2014 63.0 1,280 70.7 51 (45–58)
Burkina Faso L-MIC 2013 99.1 1,697 48.0 49 (44–55)
Comoros L-MIC 2011 96.5 1,233 72.2 50 (44–57)
Eritrea L-MIC 2010 97.0 2,933 65.5 51 (45–60)
Eswatini L-MIC 2014 76.0 1,025 68.3 52 (45–60)
Kenya L-MIC 2015 93.0 1,601 59.3 51 (44–59)
Lesotho L-MIC 2012 80.0 1,116 67.7 52 (46–59)
Liberia L-MIC 2011 87.1 534 50.2 48 (43–55)
Namibia UMIC 2013 95.8 2,464 58.4 49 (44–55)
Rwanda L-MIC 2012 99.8 2,270 64.4 49 (44–56)
São Tomé and Principe L-MIC 2009 95.0 897 61.9 49 (44–55)
Seychelles UMIC 2013 73.0 851 56.2 52 (46–57)
Sudan L-MIC 2016 95.0 2,909 57.9 50 (45–58)
Tanzania L-MIC 2012 94.7 2,499 50.5 49 (44–56)
Togo L-MIC 2010 91.0 1,170 48.2 48 (44–55)
Uganda L-MIC 2014 92.2 1,185 60.3 50 (44–57)
Zambia L-MIC 2017 74.0 1,280 63.5 50 (44–59)
Zanzibar L-MIC 2011 91.0 1,136 58.5 49 (45–55)
Global 2009–19 86.7 280,783 73.6 45 (42–49)

Abbreviation: L-MIC: Low/lower-income countries; UMIC: Upper-middle-income countries.

aIndividuals aged 25–69 years old with non-missing diabetes biomarkers and blood pressure measurements who reported not being pregnant were included.