Table 1.
Characteristics of the samples and GNI per capita for the countries included in the study
| Annaba (Algeria) | Fes (Morocco) | Ife (Nigeria) | Penang (Malaysia) | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) | Sousse (Tunisia) | Srinagar (India) | Tirana (Albania) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Included in random selection (number) | 969 | 985 | 1704 | 1217 | 936 | 799 | 1100 | 1200 | 8910 |
| Included in this study (number) | 886 | 955 | 1083 | 693 | 758 | 716 | 927 | 968 | 6986 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 442 (49.9 %) | 412 (43.1 %) | 406 (37.5 %) | 355 (51.2 %) | 411 (54.2 %) | 331 (46.2 %) | 499 (53.8 %) | 486 (50.2 %) | 3342 (47.8 %) |
| Female | 444 (50.1 %) | 543 (56.9 %) | 677 (62.5 %) | 338 (48.8 %) | 347 (45.8 %) | 385 (53.8 %) | 428 (46.2 %) | 482 (49.8 %) | 3644 (52.2 %) |
| Age | |||||||||
| 40–54 years | 538 (60.7 %) | 474 (49.6 %) | 522 (48.2 %) | 347 (50.1 %) | 544 (71.8 %) | 416 (58.1 %) | 603 (65.0 %) | 503 (52.0 %) | 3947 (56.5 %) |
| 55–69 years | 295 (33.3 %) | 363 (38.0 %) | 369 (34.1 %) | 305 (44.0 %) | 206 (27.2 %) | 254 (35.5 %) | 248 (26.8 %) | 351 (36.3 %) | 2391 (34.2 %) |
| ≥70 years | 53 (6.0 %) | 118 (12.4 %) | 192 (17.7 %) | 41 (5.9 %) | 8 (1.1 %) | 46 (6.4 %) | 76 (8.2 %) | 114 (11.8 %) | 648 (9.3 %) |
| GNI per capita ($US) | 12,860 | 6160 | 4930 | 22,530 | 53,760 | 9680 | 4750 | 9950 | |