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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2020; 26(43): 6891-6908
Published online Nov 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i43.6891
Published online Nov 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i43.6891
Table 1 Mean and range number of cases of Crohn’s reported by each study included in the review, overall, by region, and by low and lower-middle income countries
| Region/Country | n1 | Total cases | Mean | Median | Range |
| Overall | 2201 | 12725 | 57.84 | 22.00 | 1-980 |
| South Asia | 131 | 8485 | 64.77 | 17.00 | 1-980 |
| India | 107 | 8054 | 75.27 | 22.00 | 1-980 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | 332 | 33.20 | 6.00 | 1-153 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 82 | 9.11 | 3.00 | 1-52 |
| Nepal | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1-11 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 67 | 4165 | 62.16 | 39.00 | 1-226 |
| Tunisia | 41 | 2984 | 72.78 | 45.00 | 1-226 |
| Egypt | 18 | 361 | 20.06 | 12.50 | 1-100 |
| Morocco | 7 | 714 | 102.00 | 101.00 | 68-136 |
| Syria | 1 | 106 | 106.00 | 106.00 | 106 |
| sub-Saharan Africa | 16 | 52 | 3.25 | 1.00 | 1-17 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1-8 |
| Sudan | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 8.00 | 3-12 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1-7 |
| Kenya | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1-1 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 |
| East Asia and Pacific | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 8.00 | 1-6 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1-5 |
| Philippines | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1-2 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8 |
- Citation: Rajbhandari R, Blakemore S, Gupta N, Adler AJ, Noble CA, Mannan S, Nikolli K, Yih A, Joshi S, Bukhman G. Crohn’s disease in low and lower-middle income countries: A scoping review. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(43): 6891-6908
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v26/i43/6891.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v26.i43.6891