Fig 3. Over- or under-representation of the four major NCDs in the literature compared to proportionate mortality rates (countries presented in order of increasing gaps).

(Data on proportionate mortality was sourced from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A864?lang=en for all countries except Palestine, for which data was retrieved from the Occupied Palestinian territory STEPS survey 2010–2011. http://www.emro.who.int/pse/programmes/ncds-pal.html, http://www.abudis.net/chronic_diseases_in_palestine.htm)