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. 2019 May 17;2(1):20–29. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2018-000014

Table 6.

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by nationality in publicly funded primary health settings

NCD Nationality 18–29 years 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years ≥60 years N Crude rate (/1000) Age-adjusted
rate (/1000) *
Type 2 diabetes mellitus Qatari 22.52 68.03 198.2 424.92 642.97 21 248 197.28 230.4
Non-Qatari Northern Africa 14.18 53.72 170.67 359.96 495.68 9999 139.66 184.95
Sub-Saharan Africa 7.76 27.89 123.01 252.62 388.89 662 67.58 134.78
Latin America and the Caribbean 0 15.04 55.56 112.68 (200) 21 54.83 (64.44)
Northern America 8.53 13.61 72.54 207.48 340.06 292 120.46 107.68
Eastern and Central Asia 0 17.24 34.09 (108.11) (95.24) 12 25.37 (42.1)
South-Eastern Asia 5.95 17.44 68.98 208.52 354.2 1946 53.53 109.72
Southern Asia 10.76 61.75 211.02 434.19 587.2 22 263 173.91 219.72
Western Asia (excluding Qatar) 14.62 40.82 144.17 329.8 526.69 8113 135.92 178.48
Eastern Europe 0 0 28.57 132.08 (210.53) 19 28.02 (60.89)
Northern Europe 16.81 20.68 54.09 124.15 216.08 155 65.68 74.59
Southern Europe 6.85 3.38 12.77 93.22 (46.51) 18 21.48 (26.54)
Western Europe 13.16 17.75 62.5 90 (222.22) 34 60.07 (70.63)
Australasia 0 24.39 29.13 132.08 (395.35) 36 92.54 (98.34)
Non-Qatari (Total) 11.87 47.83 164.17 365.48 528.39 43 570 138.95 188.3

*Figures (rates) enclosed within parentheses were based (or one of its components) on <50 unweighted observations.