Table A3.
Weighted prevalence of chronic diseases by country and region of birth.
| No CDs (78.3%), % |
CDs (21.7%), % |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region of birth | Canada and North America † | 76.53 | 23.47 | - |
| South/Central America and the Caribbean | 86.75 | 13.25 | 0.011 | |
| Europe | 78.96 | 21.04 | 0.314 | |
| Africa | 88.74 | 11.26 | 0.008 | |
| Asia | 85.94 | 14.06 | 0.006 | |
| Country of birth | Canada † | 76.39 | 23.61 | - |
| China | 80.81 | 19.19 | 0.575 | |
| USA | 84.31 | 15.69 | 0.224 | |
| France | 89.7 | 10.3 | 0.066 | |
| Jamaica | 81.21 | 18.79 | 0.648 | |
| UK | 72.97 | 27.03 | 0.397 | |
| Mexico | 81.54 | 18.46 | 0.527 | |
| Netherlands | 60.97 | 39.03 | 0.155 | |
| India | 82.51 | 17.49 | 0.115 | |
| Philippines | 94.64 | 5.36 | <0.001 | |
| Hong Kong | 77.8 | 22.2 | 0.907 | |
| Germany | 72.55 | 27.45 | 0.625 | |
| Italy | 53.56 | 46.44 | 0.004 | |
| Iran | 84.93 | 15.07 | 0.537 | |
| Lebanon | 49.67 | 50.33 | 0.126 | |
| Others | 87.37 | 12.63 | <0.001 |
CDs (chronic diseases): at least one of the listed CDs (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, asthma, and inflammatory lung diseases). † Reference value; p ≤ 0.05. The data for Algeria, Pakistan, Romania, Colombia, and Morocco were insufficient for analysis.