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Table 1 Countries included in the analysis, by geographical regiona (N = 119)

From: Political and social determinants of life expectancy in less developed countries: a longitudinal study

Regions

N

Countries

Africa

45

 

   Eastern Africa

15

Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

   Middle Africa

6

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon

   Northern Africa

5

Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia

   Southern Africa

5

Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland

   Western Africa

14

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo

Oceania

1

Fiji

Asia

26

 

   Eastern Asia

3

China, Mongolia, and Republic of Korea

   Southern Asia

6

Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

   South-Eastern Asia

7

Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

   Western Asia

10

Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen

Latin America and the Caribbean

23

 

   Caribbean

5

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

   Central America

7

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama

   South America

11

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Southern and Eastern Europe

12

 

   Eastern Europe

4

Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania

   Southern Europe

8

Albania, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Spain

Eurasia

12

Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

  1. N = number of countries. aBased on the United Nations' geographical regions