Table 1.
Population characteristics and burden of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in South Asian countries [3, 10]
| Population characteristics | Pakistan | India | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2019 | 1990 | 2019 | 1990 | 2019 | 1990 | 2019 | 1990 | 2019 | 1990 | 2019 | |
| Populations (million), all ages | 108.5 | 224.1 | 871.4 | 1.4B | 108.9 | 159.3 | 19.4 | 30.4 | 17.2 | 21.9 | 562.1 K | 754·2 K |
| Life expectancy at birth, years | 61.6 | 65·9 | 59.6 | 70·8 | 58.4 | 74·6 | 58.3 | 71·1 | 70.2 | 77·3 | 60 | 73·2 |
| Healthy life expectancy (HALE), years | 53.3 | 57·4 | 51.1 | 60·5 | 50.4 | 64·4 | 49.8 | 61·5 | 61.5 | 66·8 | 51.5 | 63·1 |
| Total annual deaths (numbers) | 1,193,782.01 | 1,499,877.56 | 8,278,208.02 | 9,391,548.57 | 1,125,489.28 | 849,560.60 | 221,990.84 | 1,93,331.01 | 1,05,299.21 | 1,35,633.34 | 5,661.81 | 4252.35 |
| CVD death rate per 100,000 | 152.9 | 152.24 | 140.46 | 185.12 | 126.78 | 203.92 | 111.11 | 152.88 | 174.33 | 213.12 | 94.24 | 160.22 |
| CVD death rate, % of total deaths | 14.45 | 22.73 | 14.52 | 27.4 | 12.28 | 38.22 | 9.77 | 24.04 | 28.51 | 34.35 | 10.2 | 28.45 |
| Ischemic heart disease, % of all deaths | 6.37 | 12.22 | 7.51 | 16.17 | 4.22 | 15.41 | 4.03 | 12.27 | 14.7 | 17.67 | 4.41 | 15.61 |
| Stroke, % of all deaths | 5.37 | 7.03 | 4.56 | 7.44 | 6.58 | 18.69 | 3.76 | 7.85 | 9.13 | 10.6 | 3.53 | 7.95 |
| Diabetes death rate, % of total deaths | 1.07 | 3.18 | 0.95 | 2.91 | 1.07 | 3.9 | 1.21 | 1.8 | 2.38 | 9.79 | 0.73 | 3.64 |