TABLE 2.
Prevalence of diseases.
| Country | Population (thousands) | Probability of dying from any of cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease (CRD) between age 30 and 70 (%) a | Cancer cases per 100,000 population b | Diabetes Prevalence (% of population ages 20–79) c | CVD d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 888 | 20.6 | NA | 12.3 | 8.62% |
| Madagascar | 28,427 | 26.0 | NA | 4.5 | 20% |
| Mauritius e | 1,273 | 23.2 | 153.2 | 22.0 | 33% |
| Reunion | 902 | NA | 213.9 | NA | NA |
| Seychelles | 99 | 21.1 | NA | 12.3 | 34% |
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019, custom data acquired via website. https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/
https://www.who.int/nmh/countries/syc_en.pdf?ua=1; https://www.who.int/nmh/countries/mus_en.pdf; https://www.who.int/nmh/countries/mdg_en.pdf?ua=1.
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.