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Published in final edited form as: Int J Public Health. 2017 Aug 3;63(Suppl 1):123–136. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1023-0

Table 1.

Rates and 95% uncertainty levels (UL) of age-standardized HIV/AIDS mortality per 100,000 population in Eastern Mediterranean Region countries observed in 1990, 2005, and 2015, and expected in 2015 based on Socio-demographic Index (SDI)

Location 1990 2005 2015
Rate (95% UL) Rate (95% UL) Observed rate (95% UL) Expected rate based on SDI (SDI)
Eastern Mediterranean Region   0.3 (0.2–0.8)   1.5 (1.2–2.2)   1.8 (1.4–2.5) 35.1 (0.55)
Low and lower middle income
   Afghanistan   0.5 (0.0–2.6)   1.1 (0.1–6.0)   1.0 (0.2–3.5) 45.0 (0.29)
   Somalia   2.0 (0.7–4.4) 20.4 (13.4–28.3) 19.1 (13.8–25.0) 44.1 (0.15)
   Djibouti 10.6 (2.7–30.0) 82.2 (53.7–115.9) 45.8 (30.8–60.9) 46.2 (0.46)
   Egypt   0.0 (0.0–0.0)   0.2 (0.1–0.2)   0.2 (0.2–0.3) 31.2 (0.62)
   Morocco   0.1 (0.1–0.1)   0.5 (0.4–0.6)   1.1 (0.8–1.4) 43.6 (0.50)
   Pakistan   0.1 (0.0–0.5)   0.3 (0.0–1.7)   0.9 (0.2–3.2) 46.3 (0.47)
   Palestine   0.0 (0.0–0.1)   0.3 (0.3–0.4)   0.4 (0.3–0.7) 35.9 (0.57)
   Sudan   2.5 (0.7–5.5) 12.4 (8.6–16.6) 13.8 (10.5–16.4) 45.7 (0.43)
   Syria   0.2 (0.2–0.2)   0.1 (0.1–0.1)   0.2 (0.1–0.3) 34.8 (0.58)
   Tunisia   0.2 (0.0–0.1)   0.3 (0.2–0.3)   0.8 (0.6–1.0) 27.9 (0.65)
   Yemen   0.8 (0.0–4.5)   1.5 (0.2–9.3)   0.8 (0.2–3.3) 45.5 (0.41)
Upper middle and high income
   Iran   0.1 (0.0–0.1)   0.4 (0.4–0.5)   0.7 (0.5–1.0) 23.5 (0.72)
   Iraq   0.0 (0.0–0.1)   0.2 (0.2–0.2)   0.4 (0.3–0.5) 34.8 (0.58)
   Jordan   0.0 (0.0–0.1)   0.2 (0.1–0.2)   0.2 (0.1–0.3) 25.5 (0.70)
   Lebanon   2.1 (0.1–17.1)   2.0 (0.2–12.7)   1.7 (0.3–8.2) 17.0 (0.75)
   Libya   0.9 (0.0–5.0)   2.1 (0.0–12.9)   1.7 (0.1–9.0) 28.9 (0.64)
   Bahrain   0.4 (0.1–0.8)   1.4 (1.0–2.0)   1.3 (0.8–2.2) 15.2 (0.78)
   Kuwait   0.4 (0.3–0.4)   0.4 (0.4–0.5)   0.2 (0.2–0.2)   7.2 (0.86)
   Oman   0.1 (0.1–0.1)   1.0 (0.9–1.3)   1.5 (1.1–2.0) 21.9 (0.73)
   Qatar   0.3 (0.1–0.5)   0.5 (0.3–0.9)   0.3 (0.2–0.6) 12.4 (0.80)
   Saudi Arabia   0.6 (0.1–3.1)   1.6 (0.6–5.6)   1.5 (0.7–4.0) 16.9 (0.76)
   United Arab Emirates   1.0 (0.0–6.3)   2.6 (0.1–16.7)   2.2 (0.1–11.7)   7.2 (0.88)

Global Burden of Disease 2015 study, Eastern Mediterranean countries, 1990–2015