Table 4.
Analysis of study locations and economic contexts in the reviewed literature (N = 55)
| Conditions | HIC | uMIC | lMIC | LIC | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studies/Refs | n | % | Studies/Refs | n | % | Studies/Refs | n | % | Studies/Refs | n | % | |||||||||||
| Neonatal Disorders | [68, 94] | 2 | 15.4 | [62, 93, 101] | 3 | 23.1 | [62, 63, 100, 103] | 4 | 30.8 | [62(4)] | 4 | 30.8 | ||||||||||
| Ischaemic heart Diseases | [23, 34] [40(5)] [43, 56] | 9 | 50.0 | [17, 20, 38, 69–72] | 7 | 38.9 | [22] | 1 | 5.6 | [40] | 1 | 5.6 | ||||||||||
| Stroke | [31, 33, 39, 46, 60, 74, 92, 97, 104–106, 114] | 12 | 66.6 | [28, 73, 115] | 3 | 16.7 | [24, 42, 116] | 3 | 16,7 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lower Respiratory Disorders | [102(5)] [107, 108] | 7 | 77.8 | [15] | 1 | 11.1 | [30] | 1 | 11.1 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | [63, 65, 67] | 3 | 42.9 | [64] | 1 | 14.3 | [75, 76] | 2 | 28.6 | [66] | 1 | 14.3 | ||||||||||
| COPD | [14, 21, 41, 47, 50, 51, 53, 57, 58, 109] | 10 | 71.4 | [78, 110] | 2 | 14.3 | [49, 77] | 2 | 14.3 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Road injuries | [80–83, 95, 96, 98, 99, 111] | 9 | 90.0 | – | 0 | 0 | [79] | 1 | 10.0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | [13, 16, 19, 27, 32, 35–37, 44, 45, 48, 55, 88, 112, 113] | 15 | 65.3 | [18, 29, 52, 61, 85–87] | 7 | 30 4 | – | 0 | 0 | [84] | 1 | 4.3 | ||||||||||
| Low Back Pain | [59, 89, 117] | 3 | 60.0 | [90] | 1 | 20.0 | [118] | 1 | 20.0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Congenital Birth Defects | [91] | 1 | 20.0 | [26, 119] | 2 | 40.0 | [21] | 1 | 20.0 | [54] | 1 | 20.0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 69 | 58.0 | 26 | 21.8 | 16 | 13.4 | 8 | 6.7 | ||||||||||||||
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, LIC low income country, lMIC lower middle income country, uMIC upper middle income country, HIC high income country