Table 1.
Countries and territories in analysis regions. The table gives the full details of the geographical groups and hierarchy used in the statistical model. The classification is the same as the one used by the Global Burden of Disease and by the United Nations.15 The hierarchy mainly follows geography and income
| Region | Countries |
|---|---|
| Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia | |
| Asia, central | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Europe, central | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, TFYR Macedonia |
| Europe, eastern | Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine |
| High income | |
| Asia Pacific, high income | Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore |
| Australasia | Australia, New Zealand |
| Europe, western | Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Latin America, southern | Argentina, Chile, Uruguay |
| North America, high income | Canada, United States of America |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |
| Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Island (US) |
| Latin America, Andean | Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Latin America, central | Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| Latin America, tropical | Brazil, Paraguay |
| North Africa and Middle East | |
| North Africa and the Middle East | Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| South Asia | |
| Asia, south | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan |
| South East Asia, east Asia, and Oceania | |
| Asia, east | China, Dem. People’s Republic of Korea, Taiwan |
| Asia, South East | Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam |
| Oceania | Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Fed. States of), Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, central | Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, eastern | Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, southern | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, western | Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |