Table 2

Cost of implementing four intervention packages over 15 years in the GCC

Country	Tobacco control (million US$)	Physical activity (million US$)	Salt reduction (million US$)	CVD and diabetes clinical interventions (million US$)	The total cost of interventions (million US$)	Cost of interventions as a percentage of total health expenditure for 15 years	The total cost of interventions per capita (US$)	The total cost of interventions per capita per year (US$)
Bahrain	79	92	128	592	891	4.6%	584	39
Kuwait	92	161	155	1039	1447	1.7%	327	22
Oman	42	88	97	439	666	2.6%	149	10
Qatar	83	149	169	772	1173	2.1%	419	28
Saudi Arabia	241	520	514	5954	7228	1.2%	211	14
UAE	131	228	259	1875	2493	1.3%	255	17
Total	669	1237	1321	10 671	13 898	1.4%	243	16

CVD, cardiovascular disease; GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council; UAE, United Arab Emirates.