Only a small proportion of these people receive any form of modern treatment, and most untreated cases are found in low income countries [ 8].
Still, the impact of SES on weight gain might differ according to gender [ 6] or to the country's level of socioeconomic development – while in high income countries a high socioeconomic status (SES) is generally related to a lower prevalence of obesity, the opposite association is found in low income countries [ 7].
But the biggest use of tobacco was found in low-income countries.
These are diseases of poverty: 95% of cases are found in low-income countries and among poor and marginalised populations in middle-income countries.
Most of these disposal sites can be found in low-income and developing countries, and are close to urban areas, posing a major threat to human health and the environment.
The vast majority of measles deaths are found in low-income countries.
2) A disproportionate burden of death and disability from cardiovascular disease and stroke is found in low-income populations and among African Americans.
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 confirm this finding, in that, the worst population health distributions are found in low-income countries, and in Post-Communist (e.g., Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia), Less Successful Informal (e.g., India, Mauritania), and Insecure (e.g., Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Rwanda) clusters.
Examples of real time, sustained surveillance systems are difficult to find in low income countries (LICs).
This estimate was made for settings with much better resourced health care systems than are found in low and middle income countries (LMIC).
