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. 2017 Dec 22;11:33. doi: 10.1186/s13031-017-0134-9

Table 2.

Estimated treatment gap for common NCDs and mental disorders in, 2013

Disease Prevalence estimate (source) In need of treatment Receiving treatment Treatment gap (%)
Diabetesa 1.8% (Syrian National Household Survey, 2009) 281,000 45,000 236,000
(84%)
12.1% (regional average, 2014) 1,872,000 300,000 1,573,000
(84%)
Hypertensionb 2.3% (Syrian National Household Survey, 2009) 359,000 25,000 327,000
(91%)
41% (regional average, 2010) 3,511,000 (6,396,920) 316,000
(575,723)
3,195,000
(5,821,197)
(91%)
Depressionc 0.4% (Syrian National Household Survey, 2009) 62,000 47,000 16,000
(75%)
(14.95%) (regional average, 2011) (2,332,535) 1,749,402 583,134
(75%)

Information sources:

aDiabetes- regional average for 2014 [104106]

bHypertension- regional average for 2010 for data from Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia [106, 107]

cDepression - an average of Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq [108]