Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose and raised total cholesterol (aged-standardized adjusted estimates) among adults in the Eastern Mediterranean countries
| Country | Raised Blood Pressurea | Raised blood glucoseb | Raised total cholesterolc | |||||||||
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| Male | Female | Both | Yeard | Male | Female | Both | Yeard | Male | Female | Both | Yeard | |
| Bahrain | 44.3 | 42.5 | 43.7 | 1996 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 1996 | – | – | – | – |
| Egypt | 38.8 | 37.4 | 38.1 | 2002 | 07.0 | 07.4 | 07.2 | – | 33.9 | 45.3 | 39.9 | – |
| Iran | 41.4 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 2007 | 09.3 | 10.5 | 09.9 | 2007 | 49.8 | 58.1 | 54.1 | 2007 |
| Iraq | – | – | – | – | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 2006 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 44.0 | 2007 |
| Jordan | 38.0 | 32.0 | 35.1 | 2007 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 2007 | 47.8 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 2007 |
| Kuwait | 40.3 | 34.7 | 38.4 | 2006 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 2006 | 56.2 | 55.7 | 56.2 | 2006 |
| Lebanon | 44.8 | 36.8 | 40.4 | 2008 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 11.9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Libya | 51.7 | 42.4 | 49.6 | 2008 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 2008 | 34.6 | 31.6 | 35.6 | 2009 |
| Morocco | 43.9 | 46.0 | 45.0 | 2000 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 2000 | 35.3 | 39.0 | 37.2 | 2000 |
| Oman | 43.2 | 38.6 | 41.4 | 2000 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 2000 | – | – | – | – |
| Pakistan | 40.1 | 38.8 | 39.5 | 1992 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 1996 | 30.5 | 31.4 | 31.0 | – |
| Qatar | 44.4 | 33.1 | 42.7 | 2006 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2008 | – | – | – | – |
| Southern Arabia | 43.1 | 38.9 | 41.4 | 2005 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 20051 | 36.4 | 42.1 | 39.0 | 2005 |
| Tunisia | 42.6 | 41.2 | 42.0 | – | 12.0 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 997 | 37.3 | 43.8 | 40.7 | – |
| UAE | 41.3 | 32.5 | 38.9 | 2000 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 2000 | – | – | – | – |
Notes:
Prevalence of raised blood pressure among adults, defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg or on medication for raised blood pressure (%);
prevalence of raised blood glucose among adults, defined as for fasting plasma glucose value ≥7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL) or on medication for raised blood glucose (%);
prevalence of raised total cholesterol among adults, defined as total cholesterol ≥5.0 mmol/L or 190 mg/dL (%);
countries with no latest year of data, and the estimate of diseases in these countries was based on a combination of country life tables, causes of death models, regional cause of death patterns, and World Health Organization program estimates for major causes of death.23
Abbreviation: UAE, United Arab Emirates.