Descriptive statistics of key variables
| Low-income countries | ||||||||
| Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | |||||
| (n=15) | (n=16) | (n=18) | (n=17) | |||||
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | |||||
| Total healthcare (THC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 40 | (15) | 39 | (15) | 44 | (15) | 41 | (14) |
| Primary healthcare (PHC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 27 | (9) | 26 | (7) | 28 | (9) | 26 | (7) |
| PHC as a share of THC expenditure (%) | 69 | (12) | 68 | (12) | 66 | (13) | 65 | (12) |
| Non-PHC expenditures (composition of THC by non-primary healthcare), per capita in US$ | 13 | (9) | 13 | (9) | 16 | (10) | 15 | (9) |
| Population aged 60 and above (% of total population) | 5 | (1) | 4 | (1) | 5 | (1) | 5 | (1) |
| Non-communicable disease (NCD) burden as a share of total disease burden (%) among population aged 60 and above | 71 | (10) | 69 | (90) | 71 | (10) | 72 | (10) |
| NCD DALYs lost per capita for population aged 60 and above | 85 175 | (15 877) | 82 117 | (14 862) | 82 818 | (13 903) | 81 916 | (13 918) |
| Lower middle-income countries | ||||||||
| Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | |||||
| (n=27) | (n=23) | (n=30) | (n=27) | |||||
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | |||||
| Total healthcare (THC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 94 | (56) | 94 | (60) | 108 | (69) | 104 | (64) |
| Primary healthcare (PHC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 53 | (27) | 56 | (31) | 59 | (34) | 57 | (29) |
| PHC as a share of THC expenditure (%) | 59 | (13) | 63 | (12) | 57 | (13) | 58 | (12) |
| Non-PHC expenditures (composition of THC by non-primary healthcare), per capita in US$ | 41 | (33) | 37 | (33) | 49 | (39) | 46 | (39) |
| Population aged 60 and above (% of total population) | 7 | (3) | 6 | (3) | 7 | (3) | 7 | (4) |
| Noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden as a share of total disease burden (%) among population aged 60 and above | 80 | (9) | 78 | (9) | 81 | (9) | 80 | (9) |
| NCD DALYs lost per capita for population aged 60 and above | 83 970 | (13 597) | 83 421 | (12 047) | 2996 | (11 643) | 82 108 | (10 624) |
| Upper middle-income countries | ||||||||
| Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | |||||
| (n=19) | (n=14) | (n=20) | (n=22) | |||||
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | |||||
| Total healthcare (THC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 399 | (192) | 491 | (209) | 447 | (186) | 449 | (193) |
| Primary healthcare (PHC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 177 | (75) | 206 | (78) | 196 | (63) | 196 | (70) |
| PHC as a share of THC expenditure (%) | 47 | (11) | 44 | (11) | 47 | (12) | 46 | (13) |
| Non-PHC expenditures (composition of THC by non-primary healthcare), per capita in US$ | 222 | (133) | 285 | (156) | 251 | (146) | 253 | (147) |
| Population aged 60 and above (% of total population) | 11 | (5) | 12 | (60 | 12 | (5) | 12 | (5) |
| Non-communicable disease (NCD) burden as a share of total disease burden (%) among population aged 60 and above | 88 | (7) | 87 | (8) | 88 | (7) | 88 | (6) |
| NCD DALYs lost per capita for population aged 60 and above | 84 919 | (14 249) | 82 085 | (14 724) | 81 870 | (14 534) | 80 081 | (14 135) |
| High-income countries | ||||||||
| Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | |||||
| (n=31) | (n=30) | (n=33) | (n=29) | |||||
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | |||||
| Total healthcare (THC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 2970 | (2306) | 3201 | (2418) | 3308 | (2483) | 3332 | (2453) |
| Primary healthcare (PHC) expenditure per capita in US$ | 1213 | (887) | 1312 | (934) | 1357 | (957) | 1359 | (946) |
| PHC as a share of THC expenditure (%) | 43 | (7) | 43 | (7) | 43 | (8) | 42 | (7) |
| Non-PHC expenditures (composition of THC by non-primary healthcare), per capita in US$ | 1758 | (1445) | 1888 | (1512) | 1950 | (1560) | 1973 | (1545) |
| Population aged 60 and above (% of total population) | 22 | (5) | 23 | (5) | 22 | (6) | 24 | (5) |
| Non-communicable disease (NCD) burden as a share of total disease burden (%) among population aged60 and above | 91 | (2) | 91 | (2) | 91 | (2) | 91 | (2) |
| NCD DALYs lost per capita for population aged 60 and above | 65 842 | (10 055) | 65 657 | (10 012) | 65 681 | (9823) | 65 886 | (9605) |
DALYs, Disability Adjusted Life Years.