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. 2016 Oct 20;1(3):e000128. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000128

Table 3.

Estimated number of users per 10 000 population with an acute presentation of an NCD

Country Adults with hypertensive urgency Adults with hypertensive emergency Adult with hypertension Adults with severe hyperglycaemia Adults with severe hypoglycaemia Children with severe hyperglycaemia Children with severe hypoglycaemia Adults with acute MI Adults with acute stroke Adults with heart failure Adults with asthma attacks Children with asthma attacks Adults with COPD exacerbation
Bangladesh 11 4 15 41 105 1 1 16 9 6 6 8 25
Central African Republic 9 3 12 28 71 1 1 15 13 5 7 10 19
Egypt 11 4 15 31 79 1 1 16 10 6 8 8 27
Guinea 9 3 12 30 77 1 1 13 12 5 7 10 19
Indonesia 11 4 15 30 78 1 1 11 13 6 8 7 29
Iraq 9 3 12 45 116 1 1 16 9 5 7 10 19
Jordan 10 4 14 71 183 1 1 16 9 6 8 8 21
Lebanon 13 5 18 59 152 1 1 16 9 7 9 6 35
Liberia 9 3 12 30 78 1 1 13 11 5 7 10 18
Philippines 10 4 14 26 68 1 1 11 13 6 9 9 64
Sierra Leone 9 3 12 33 86 1 1 13 12 5 7 10 18
Syrian Arab Republic 10 4 14 50 130 1 1 16 9 6 7 9 21
Turkey 12 4 16 46 119 1 1 16 9 7 9 7 26
Ukraine 14 5 19 56 145 1 1 23 32 8 7 4 47

Acute NCD presentations include acute coronary syndrome, acute stroke, acute heart failure, hypertensive urgency/emergency, acute severe hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia, COPD exacerbation, asthma exacerbation.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction; NCD, non-communicable disease.