Table 1.
Distribution of number and daily average of noncommunicable disease emergencies by demographics and study phase, Iraq 2014.
| Demographics | Pre-event | Event | Total | P valuea | ||||
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n (%) | Daily average | n (%) | Daily average | n (%) | Daily average |
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| Age group (years) | ||||||||
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<20 | 54 (6.1) | 8 | 172 (4.85) | 13 | 226 (5.11) | 11 | .02 |
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20-39 | 162 (18.4) | 23 | 655 (18.47) | 50 | 817 (18.46) | 41 | <.001 |
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40-49 | 339 (38.6) | 48 | 1411 (39.79) | 109 | 1750 (39.55) | 88 | <.001 |
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≥60 | 324 (36.9) | 46 | 1308 (36.89) | 101 | 1632 (36.88) | 82 | <.001 |
| Sex | ||||||||
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Male | 443 (50.4) | 63 | 1960 (55.27) | 151 | 2403 (54.31) | 120 | <.001 |
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Female | 436 (49.6) | 62 | 1586 (44.73) | 122 | 2022 (45.69) | 101 | <.001 |
| Residence | ||||||||
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Karbala-Najaf-Babel | 794 (90.3) | 113 | 2437 (68.73) | 187 | 3231 (73.02) | 162 | <.001 |
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Other Iraq Governorates | 59 (6.7) | 8 | 678 (19.12) | 52 | 737 (16.65) | 37 | <.001 |
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Foreign countries | 26 (2.9) | 4 | 431 (12.15) | 33 | 457 (10.33) | 23 | <.001 |
| Reporting governorates | ||||||||
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Najaf | 358 (40.7) | 51 | 1246 (35.14) | 96 | 1604 (36.25) | 80 | .006 |
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Karbala | 198 (22.5) | 28 | 1459 (41.14) | 112 | 1657 (37.45) | 83 | <.001 |
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Babel | 323 (36.8) | 46 | 841 (23.72) | 65 | 1164 (26.30) | 58 | .03 |
| Total | 879 (100.0) | 126 | 3546 (100.00) | 273 | 4425 (100.00) | 221 | <.001 | |
aP value (t test) testing differences between daily average in the pre-event and event study phase.