Table 1. Descriptive analysis of NCD papers published from 2000 until 2013 in selected Arab countries.
Countries (listed by GDP/capita) | Lower Middle Income Countries | Upper Middle Income Countries | High Income Countries | Pooled | ||||||||||||||
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Sudan | Palestine | Morocco | Iraq | Lebanon | Bahrain | Kuwait | ||||||||||||
Total population | 37,195,000 | 4,550,368 | 32,521,000 | 32,778,000 | 4,647,000 | 1,318,000 | 3,250,000 | |||||||||||
NCD Proportionate Mortality Rate | 53.9% | 77.8% | 74.5% | 62.0% | 89.9% | 75.0 | 75.5% | |||||||||||
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |||
Total (crude) no. of NCD publications | 169 | 4.5 | 157 | 4.2 | 1103 | 29.2 | 260 | 6.9 | 996 | 26.4 | 196 | 5.2 | 895 | 23.7 | Total | 3776 | 100.0 | |
NCD publication rate (per million population) | 4.6 | 37.5 | 34.2 | 8.0 | 214.3 | 151.0 | 276.3 | Average | 142.2 | |||||||||
Study Design | Observational | 102 | 60.4 | 102 | 68.0 | 305 | 28.2 | 139 | 56.7 | 347 | 36.8 | 119 | 61.0 | 409 | 45.8 | 1523 | 41.4 | |
Case report/ Series | 22 | 13.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 546 | 50.5 | 25 | 10.2 | 177 | 18.8 | 17 | 8.7 | 117 | 13.1 | 906 | 24.6 | ||
Lab studies | 16 | 9.5 | 17 | 11.3 | 123 | 11.4 | 39 | 15.9 | 138 | 14.6 | 16 | 8.2 | 227 | 25.4 | 576 | 15.7 | ||
Reviews | 18 | 10.7 | 13 | 8.7 | 72 | 6.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 170 | 18.0 | 37 | 19.0 | 96 | 10.8 | 418 | 11.4 | ||
Interventional | 6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.7 | 18 | 7.3 | 52 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 2.6 | 108 | 2.9 | ||
Others | 5 | 3.0 | 15 | 10.0 | 27 | 2.5 | 12 | 4.9 | 59 | 6.3 | 6 | 3.1 | 21 | 2.3 | 145 | 3.9 | ||
169 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 1081 | 100 | 245 | 100 | 943 | 100 | 195 | 100 | 893 | 100 | Total | 3676 | 100.0 | ||
Risk Factor | Physiologic | 33 | 22.3 | 57 | 24.7 | 145 | 21.9 | 54 | 25.2 | 167 | 27.5 | 82 | 29.4 | 267 | 26.0 | 805 | 25.4 | |
Social/ Structural | 39 | 26.4 | 64 | 27.7 | 144 | 21.8 | 52 | 24.3 | 159 | 26.2 | 69 | 24.7 | 213 | 20.7 | 740 | 23.3 | ||
Behaviors | 44 | 29.7 | 34 | 14.7 | 103 | 15.6 | 37 | 17.3 | 164 | 27.0 | 49 | 17.6 | 128 | 12.5 | 559 | 17.6 | ||
Others | 32 | 21.6 | 76 | 32.9 | 270 | 40.8 | 71 | 33.2 | 118 | 19.4 | 79 | 28.3 | 420 | 40.9 | 1066 | 33.6 | ||
148 | 100.0 | 231 | 100.0 | 662 | 100.0 | 214 | 100.0 | 608 | 100.0 | 279 | 100.0 | 1028 | 100.0 | Total* | 3170 | 100.0 | ||
Outcome | Cancer | 95 | 53.1 | 29 | 14.6 | 723 | 59.0 | 103 | 38.3 | 449 | 42.4 | 37 | 14.5 | 337 | 30.7 | 1773 | 41.4 | |
CVD | 34 | 19.0 | 60 | 30.2 | 176 | 14.4 | 65 | 24.2 | 282 | 26.6 | 81 | 31.8 | 261 | 23.8 | 959 | 22.4 | ||
DM | 14 | 7.8 | 22 | 11.1 | 73 | 6.0 | 23 | 8.6 | 68 | 6.4 | 27 | 10.6 | 82 | 7.5 | 309 | 7.2 | ||
COPD | 12 | 6.7 | 19 | 9.5 | 52 | 4.2 | 16 | 5.9 | 79 | 7.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 65 | 5.9 | 251 | 5.9 | ||
Others | 24 | 13.4 | 69 | 34.7 | 201 | 16.4 | 62 | 23.0 | 182 | 17.2 | 102 | 40.0 | 351 | 32.0 | 991 | 23.1 | ||
179 | 100.0 | 199 | 100.0 | 1225 | 100.0 | 269 | 100.0 | 1060 | 100.0 | 255 | 100.0 | 1096 | 100.0 | Total* | 4283 | 100.0 | ||
Study Setting | Hospital/ Clinic based | 87 | 51.5 | 56 | 37.1 | 777 | 73.0 | 157 | 64.9 | 447 | 47.5 | 92 | 47.9 | 436 | 49.0 | 2052 | 56.2 | |
Community based | 44 | 26.0 | 64 | 42.4 | 79 | 7.4 | 34 | 14.0 | 163 | 17.3 | 36 | 18.8 | 116 | 13.0 | 536 | 14.7 | ||
Laboratory based | 13 | 7.7 | 15 | 9.9 | 96 | 9.0 | 31 | 12.8 | 120 | 12.7 | 12 | 6.3 | 200 | 22.5 | 487 | 13.3 | ||
Others | 25 | 14.8 | 16 | 10.6 | 112 | 10.5 | 20 | 8.3 | 212 | 22.5 | 52 | 27.1 | 138 | 15.5 | 575 | 15.8 | ||
169 | 100.0 | 151 | 100.0 | 1064 | 100.0 | 242 | 100.0 | 942 | 100.0 | 192 | 100.0 | 890 | 100.0 | Total | 3650 | 100.0 | ||
Other features | % with public health focus | 77 | 45.6 | 104 | 66.2 | 212 | 19.2 | 66 | 25.4 | 287 | 28.8 | 91 | 46.4 | 288 | 32.2 | Total | 1125 | 29.8 |
% collaboration with govt./NGOs co-author) | 31 | 18.3 | 18 | 11.5 | 53 | 4.8 | 17 | 6.5 | 59 | 5.9 | 27 | 13.8 | 86 | 9.6 | Total | 291 | 7.7 |
* The total number do not add to the total (crude) count, because some papers may fit into more than one category, while others may not fit into any category or may be 'not applicable'.