Table 7.

Attributable fractions and numbers of deaths from coronary heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-causes by region due to a fruit and vegetable intake below 500 g/day or 800 g/day (based on studies reporting on coronary heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality only and excluding studies on incidence)

	Coronary heart disease				Stroke				Cardiovascular disease				Total cancer				All-cause mortality
	500 g/d		800 g/d		500 g/d		800 g/d		500 g/d		800 g/d		500 g/d		800 g/d		500 g/d		800 g/d
Region	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
America A	9.1	55739	16.9	103482	23.2	44723	41.2	79448	8.8	70703	15.1	124284	7.3	53914	8.5	62586	11.9	360444	16.9	510322
America B	12.5	54117	20.7	89771	31.1	90528	49.7	144756	11.7	85227	18.8	135863	10.1	51598	11.4	58345	16.9	487772	22.0	637414
America D	8.5	4176	16.5	8081	21.6	7190	39.9	13247	8.3	6833	14.6	12436	7.4	4433	8.1	5196	11.0	43683	16.1	63877
Europe A	4.5	37864	10.2	85867	11.4	49792	24.2	105828	4.6	58739	8.9	121756	3.6	43103	4.4	52348	5.6	240217	9.2	397116
Europe B	8.4	35195	15.6	65281	21.6	66257	38.3	117708	8.1	58946	14.0	103551	6.8	23213	7.9	26921	11.1	193826	15.7	273948
Europe C	12.3	149042	21.5	260970	30.9	171813	51.9	288916	11.7	206530	19.3	345109	9.9	47412	11.3	54399	16.2	492439	22.0	669572
South East Asia B	12.2	33451	21.9	60025	30.6	111368	52.6	191272	11.7	74412	19.5	126895	9.8	24715	11.4	28590	15.9	324696	22.0	450661
South East Asia D	11.4	158497	20.9	291326	28.5	288454	50.1	506323	10.9	263073	18.6	457867	9.2	86619	10.7	100739	14.7	1537085	20.8	2171656
Eastern Mediterranean B	7.8	9949	15.5	19680	19.9	14075	37.4	26446	7.7	15197	13.7	28171	6.3	5005	7.5	5899	10.1	57236	15.0	85085
Eastern Mediterranean D	6.8	26452	13.9	54293	21.6	51646	33.4	100319	6.7	46384	12.3	88655	5.5	14127	6.5	16785	8.6	194416	13.2	297235
Africa D	7.0	8532	14.2	17381	24.2	46683	34.2	65992	6.9	21762	12.6	41334	7.4	11432	6.7	10283	8.9	122406	13.5	152326
Africa E	10.3	14537	19.5	27664	25.7	57088	46.6	103399	10.0	36223	17.3	64917	8.3	17767	9.7	20827	13.1	175970	19.0	253150
Western Pacific A	5.9	10780	12.3	22575	15.0	30799	29.6	60958	5.9	22802	10.9	44328	4.7	22851	5.7	27257	7.5	116071	11.6	180053
Western Pacific B	7.9	112025	16.9	238931	19.6	437848	39.3	877746	8.0	291165	14.9	571986	6.4	155867	7.7	187748	9.8	1035701	15.5	1648878
Globally	9.3	710356	17.7	1345327	22.9	1468264	41.8	2682358	7.7	1257996	13.8	2267152	6.9	562056	8.1	657923	11.3	5381962	16.3	7791293

A list of the country-specific attributable fractions and numbers of deaths attributable to a low fruit and vegetable intake is found in Supplementary Table 33