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. 2026 May 14;23:E12. doi: 10.5888/pcd23.250352

Table 2. Number of Cases Attributable to Physical Inactivity, by Sex and Activity Level, Morocco, 2017.

Disease Level of activitya Male
Female
Total no. cases attributable to physical inactivity
Total cases No. cases attributable to physical inactivity Total cases No. cases attributable to physical inactivity
Breast cancer Low — — 5,619 49 —
High 222
Colorectal cancer Low 1,190 20 1,140 31 51
High 49 74 123
Diabetes type 2 Low 1,189,857 30,937 1,778,026 73,930 104,867
High 69,456 161,801 231,257
Ischemic heart disease (age ≥35 y) Low 222,810 7,019 66,910 2,670 9,689
High 11,497 4,343 15,840
Ischemic stroke (≥35 y) Low 33,769 1,017 30,151 1,147 2,164
High 1,905 2,135 4,040

Abbreviation: —, not applicable.

a

Low was defined as 600–3,999 MET-min/wk, and high was defined as ≥8,000 MET-min/wk.