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Worldcountries *(n = 217)
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Countries withpublications(n = 176)
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Number of articles meeting theinclusion criteria (n = 23,860)
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Mean publication rate per100,000 inhabitants**
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Contribution tothe total (%)
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World region ***
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Africa
|
46
|
32
|
514
|
0.09
|
2.2
|
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Eastern Mediterranean
|
23
|
21
|
524
|
0.13
|
2.2
|
|
Europe
|
62
|
51
|
8372
|
1.44
|
35.1
|
|
The Americas and the Caribbean
|
44
|
34
|
10,321
|
1.43
|
43.3
|
|
South East Asia
|
11
|
10
|
639
|
0.04
|
2.7
|
|
Western Pacific
|
31
|
28
|
3490
|
0.23
|
14.6
|
|
Income group ****+
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High income
|
81
|
65
|
19,144
|
1.88
|
80.2
|
|
Upper middle income
|
55
|
47
|
3534
|
1.16
|
14.8
|
|
Lower middle income
|
46
|
42
|
915
|
0.05
|
3.8
|
|
Low income
|
34
|
22
|
267
|
0.06
|
1.1
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- * Database search was conducted for the 217 world countries GoPA! list. Population, world region and income group classifications according to the World Bank. United Kingdom was divided in its 4 countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- **Regional and income group population was estimated as the sum of population average by decades from 1960 to 2019
- + Fisher-Hayter pairwise comparisons test and Chi square test for trend of publication rate by income level p < 0.005
- ***World Health Organization regions: Africa - AFRO; Eastern Mediterranean EMRO; Europe - EURO; The Americas and the Caribbean - PAHO; South East Asia - SEARO; Western Pacific - WPRO
- ****World Bank country income classification: High Income - HICs; Upper middle income - UMICs; Lower middle income - LMICs; Low income - LICs
