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Table 2 Descriptive statistics by country categories

From: Multiple disparities in adult mortality in relation to social and health care perspective: results from different data sources

Characteristics

Categories of countries

Frequency

%

Geographical region

(N = 193)

Asia Pacific

30

15.51

Europe and Central Asia

51

26.41

Latin America and Caribbean

35

18.11

Middle East and North Africa

19

9.83

South Asia

8

4.12

Sub-Saharan Africa

48

24.91

North America

2

1.01

Economic level (N = 193)

Low income

32

16.62

Lower middle income

49

25.41

Upper middle income

51

26.42

High income: Non OECD

29

15.03

High income: OECD

32

16.62

Political stability

(N = 191)

Instability

91

47.64

Average

69

36.12

Stable

31

16.23

Religion (N = 193)

No state religion

95

49.23

Christian

53

27.51

Muslim

30

15.52

Buddhist

7

3.63

Other traditional religion

8

4.11

Achievement of universal health coverage

(N = 193)

No

137

70.98

Yes

56

29.02