|
Region
|
Number of papers*
|
%
|
Burden of disease (hundreds of thousands of DALYs lost)**
|
%
|
|---|
|
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
14
|
44%
|
1050
|
18%
|
|
Asia and other Islands
|
11
|
34%
|
1040
|
18%
|
|
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
4
|
13%
|
689
|
12%
|
|
India
|
3
|
9%
|
1714
|
29%
|
|
China
|
2
|
6%
|
1431
|
24%
|
|
Total
|
34
|
100
|
5924
|
100
|
- * Some papers performed multiple analyses and/or used multiple sources of data etc. Therefore, the presentation of results may suggest that there are more than 32 papers, which is not the case.
- **Source: World Development Report 1993 [10]
