Table 1.

Systematic search strategy applied across five academic databases from 2012 to July 2020 (e.g., this is the Medline search).

Hedge 1: indicators	Hedge 2: non-communicable disease	Hedge 3: Ethiopia
Prevalence*OR Proportion* OR Magnitude* OR Epidemiology* OR Pattern*OR Trend* OR Burden	Non-communicable diseases*, chronic disease* or chroni illness* or chronic disease [MeSH Terms] *, non-communicable disease*, NCD* OR Non-communicable disease [MeSH Terms] OR Cardiovascular disease*, OR (cardiovascular diseases [MeSH Terms]) CVD*, heart disease* OR stroke* OR Myocardial infarction* OR Diabet* OR diabetes mellitus [MeSH Terms]), DM OR (cancer) OR neoplasms [MeSH Terms]) or neoplasm* or Sarcoma OR (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) OR chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [MeSH Terms]) OR copd[MeSH Terms]) OR copd) OR lung disease) OR lung disease[MeSH Terms])	Ethiopia OR Tigray OR Amhara PR Oromia OR Afar OR Somali OR Gambela OR Benshangul Gumuz OR Addis Ababa OR Diredawa OR