Socioeconomic characteristics of patients with T2DM by country and region
| GDP/capita (US$)* | Location | Education | Employed (full time or part time) (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban area (%) | Rural area (%) | Suburban area (%) | Illiterate (%) | Primary (%) | Secondary (%) | Higher (%) | |||
| Eurasia (n=1835) | – | 82.5 | 15.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 49.2 | 48.8 | 38.0 |
| Georgia (n=152) | 3520 | 77.2 | 19.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.3 | 61.7 | 36.0 |
| Kazakhstan (n=413) | 11 983 | 85.0 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 53.4 | 45.9 | 41.0 |
| Russia (n=540) | 14 302 | 96.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 53.8 | 43.6 | 38.0 |
| Ukraine (n=354) | 3877 | 75.6 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 49.0 | 47.8 | 43.0 |
| Uzbekistan (n=376) | 1736 | 67.5 | 28.8 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 42.1 | 55.7 | 33.0 |
| Africa (n=2269) | – | 84.5 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 21.4 | 28.9 | 31.7 | 18.1 | 35.0 |
| Algeria (n=515) | 5583 | 87.2 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 26.4 | 36.5 | 30.4 | 6.7 | 24.0 |
| Cameroon (n=525) | 1181 | 78.7 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 31.8 | 39.7 | 18.3 | 35.0 |
| Egypt (n=371) | 3112 | 83.3 | 14.0 | 2.7 | 12.4 | 20.5 | 24.8 | 42.3 | 48.0 |
| Morocco (n=499) | 2956 | 88.2 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 36.8 | 28.7 | 25.1 | 9.5 | 32.0 |
| Senegal (n=46) | 1074 | 65.2 | 13.0 | 21.7 | 50.0 | 13.6 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 32.0 |
| Tunisia (n=313) | 4213 | 87.8 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 13.3 | 24.2 | 40.8 | 21.8 | 43.0 |
| Middle East (n=2067) | – | 76.5 | 15.7 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 29.9 | 34.0 | 25.9 | 47.0 |
| Jordan (n=296) | 4879 | 89.9 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 15.7 | 37.9 | 44.7 | 45.0 |
| KSA (n=199) | 24 524 | 92.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 15.2 | 25.8 | 23.7 | 35.4 | 52.0 |
| Lebanon (n=1061) | 10 311 | 59.2 | 27.5 | 13.3 | 6.0 | 40.8 | 34.7 | 18.5 | 48.0 |
| UAE (n=511) | 43 774 | 98.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 22.2 | 17.1 | 34.3 | 26.5 | 45.0 |
| South Asia (n=1196) | – | 73.5 | 15.9 | 10.7 | 8.1 | 17.8 | 30.7 | 43.4 | 45.0 |
| India (n=994) | 1501 | 73.9 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 15.5 | 32.4 | 47.3 | 46.0 |
| Pakistan (n=202) | 1261 | 71.1 | 25.9 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 29.2 | 22.4 | 24.0 | 40.0 |
| Turkey (n=842) | 10 527 | 80.6 | 14.5 | 4.9 | 15.4 | 46.3 | 26.7 | 11.7 | 28.0 |
*IMF estimates for 2012.
GDP, gross domestic product; IMF, International Monetary Fund; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; UAE,United Arab Emirates.