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Table 1 Description of Demographic and Health Surveys data in low- and middle-income countries, 2011 to 2018

From: Influence of contextual socioeconomic position on hypertension risk in low- and middle-income countries: disentangling context from composition

Country

Survey year

Number of Neighbourhoods

Sample Size

Human Development Index

Hypertension (%)

Albania

2018

715

20,846

High

29.9

Bangladesh

2011

600

7887

Low

29.4

Benin

2018

555

6700

Low

22.2

Ghana

2014

427

13,741

Low

13.5

Haiti

2017

450

4615

Low

52.2

India

2015

28,408

781,117

Low

16.5

Kyrgyz Republic

2012

316

10,487

High

10.3

Lesotho

2014

399

6076

Low

19.5

Namibia

2013

546

3630

Low

46.2

Nepal

2016

383

14,823

Low

22.4

South Africa

2016

718

8346

High

48

Tajikistan

2017

366

10,657

High

12.1