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Table 1 The Human Development Index (HDI) in 1999 and the distribution of some available confounding factors for the countries/regions involved in the study

From: Worldwide socioeconomic status and stroke mortality: an ecological study

Country/region*

Stroke mortality (1/100,000), 45–54 yrs

HDI 1999

SBP

HPT (%)

SMK (%)

SF**

ALC**

OB (%)

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

South America

ARG

59.83

34.30

0.842

120

119

..

..

46.8

34.0

4.45

8.55

..

..

BRA

66.00

49.37

0.750

124

119

..

..

38.2

29.3

3.10

5.30

8.9

13.1

CHL

30.37

25.13

0.825

119

116

..

..

26.0

18.3

2.41

6.02

19.0

25.0

COL

30.23

31.40

0.765

122

119

..

..

22.3

23.5

6.62

5.90

..

..

CRI

15.20

17.60

0.821

122

117

..

..

28.6

6.6

8.85

5.50

..

..

ECU

28.87

23.73

0.726

124

122

..

..

45.5

17.4

17.63

2.00

..

..

SLV

20.13

15.30

0.701

..

 

..

..

38.0

12.0

3.98

3.50

..

..

MEX

23.47

20.20

0.790

125

121

38.6

30.1

51.2

18.4

4.60

4.62

18.6

28.1

PAN

24.37

17.63

0.784

..

 

..

 

56.0

20.0

6.55

6.00

..

..

PRY

40.10

50.37

0.738

122

128

32.4

41.9

24.1

5.5

5.81

6.70

..

..

VEN

40.93

34.30

0.765

120

117

47.7

32.2

41.8

39.2

4.35

8.80

..

..

URY

45.63

37.67

0.828

..

 

..

 

31.7

14.3

3.04

7.00

17.0

19.0

Mean

35. 43

29. 75

0. 778

122

120

39. 6

34. 7

37. 5

19. 9

5. 95

5. 82

15. 9

21. 3

Asia

HKG

20.37

11.50

0.880

130

123

..

..

27.1

2.9

..

..

..

..

ISR

10.23

7.13

0.893

128

121

..

..

33.0

24.0

8.87

2.00

19.8

25.4

KOR

53.83

26.23

0.875

126

121

21.8

19.4

65.1

4.8

5.88

7.70

1.7

3.0

JPN

36.87

18.07

0.928

127

119

42.7

35.0

52.8

13.4

2.83

7.38

..

…

SGP

20.57

12.03

0.876

124

119

..

..

26.9

3.1

..

2.73

5.3

6.7

Mean

28. 37

14. 99

0. 890

127

121

32. 3

27. 2

41. 0

9. 6

5. 86

4. 95

8. 9

11. 7

Africa

MUS

98.53

56.07

0.765

127

124

..

..

44.8

2.9

3.51

3.20

8.0

20.0

Europe

             

AUT

17.10

13.10

0.921

129

122

..

..

30.0

19.0

19.49

12.58

..

..

BEL

18.13

13.40

0.935

127

119

..

..

30.0

26.0

34.16

10.06

10.3

11.0

DEN

21.90

11.90

0.921

122

115

..

..

32.0

29.0

22.59

11.93

..

..

FIN

25.63

16.63

0.925

131

125

..

..

27.0

20.0

12.86

10.43

20.8

23.9

FRA

15.93

8.13

0.924

129

125

..

..

38.6

30.3

19.79

13.54

..

..

DEU

15.43

10.67

0.921

134

130

55.4

56.6

39.0

31.0

24.68

12.90

13.6

12.3

GRC

26.10

14.43

0.881

131

124

18.5

15.9

47.0

29.0

3.57

9.30

..

..

HUN

66.67

29.10

0.829

134

126

86.2

..

44.0

27.0

24.03

11.92

18.4

20.4

IRL

16.70

14.70

0.913

..

 

..

..

32.0

31.0

17.58

14.50

14.0

12.0

ITA

15.27

9.97

0.909

129

122

42.0

43.3

32.4

17.3

12.96

9.14

..

…

NLD

14.47

15.83

0.931

131

122

..

..

37.0

29.0

14.68

9.74

10.2

11.9

NOR

13.67

9.60

0.939

..

 

..

..

31.0

32.0

17.34

5.80

6.8

5.8

PRT

38.73

20.57

0.874

127

124

..

..

30.2

7.1

15.70

12.49

..

..

ESP

17.20

9.23

0.908

123

118

41.7

39.0

42.1

24.7

5.42

12.25

12.3

12.1

SWE

15.70

11.37

0.936

131

125

39.6

40.9

19.0

19.0

18.39

6.90

10.4

9.5

CHE

7.70

7.53

0.924

126

115

..

..

39.0

28.0

12.57

11.53

7.9

7.5

GBR

17.93

15.20

0.923

132

127

34.7

25.7

27.0

26.0

8.70

10.39

..

..

Mean

21. 43

13. 61

0. 913

129

123

45. 4

36. 9

34. 0

25. 0

16. 74

10. 91

12. 5

12. 6

USA, CAN, AUS & NZL

USA

17.70

14.37

0.934

123

119

21.0

19.7

25.7

21.5

6.37

8.51

25.8

 

CAN

9.93

8.93

0.936

126

118

23.5

15.6

27.0

23.0

16.37

8.26

15.9

31.8

AUS

9.57

7.77

0.936

118

125

30.8

20.1

21.1

18.0

12.75

9.19

14.8

13.9

NZL

14.27

14.03

0.913

134

123

..

..

25.0

25.0

14.17

9.80

21.9

15.3

Mean

12. 87

11. 28

0. 930

125

121

25. 1

18. 5

25. 0

22. 0

12. 42

8. 94

19. 6

23. 2

  1. *ARG Argentina, AUS Australia, AUT Austria, BEL Belgium, BRA Brazil, CAN Canada, CHE, Switzerland, CHL, Chile; COL, Colombia; CRI, Costa Rica, DEU, Germany; DNK Denmark; ECU Ecuador, ESP Spain, FIN Finland, FRA France, GRC Greece, GBR United Kingdom, HKG Hong Kong, HRV Costa Rica, HUN Hungary, IRL Ireland, ITA Italy, ISR Israel, JPN Japan, KOR Korea, Rep. of; MUS Mauritius, MEX Mexico, NLD Netherlands, NOR Norway, NZL New Zealand, PAN Panama PRT Portugal, PRY Paraguay, SGP Singapore SLV El Salvador, SWE Sweden, USA United States of America, VEN Venezuela, URY Uruguay.
  2. OB Adults (≥15 years) who are obese (%) in the latest available year.
  3. SBP Mean adult SBP (mmHg) in 2002.
  4. HPT The latest available hypertension prevalence.
  5. SMK The latest available adult smoking prevalence.
  6. SF Saturated fat (/capita/year (kg)) in 1999.
  7. ALC Per capita alcohol consumption (>15 years) (in litres of pure alcohol) in 2000–2001.
  8. ** Data available irrespective of men and women.
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