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Table 6 Country groupings and selected macro-level characteristics

From: Complex association between rural/urban residence, household wealth and women’s overweight: evidence from 30 cross-sectional national household surveys in Africa

GROUP

Per capita Gross National Income, 2012

% population in urban areas, 2012

Life expectancy at birth, 2012

% women 18+ with BMI > = 25 in 2010

% women 18+ with BMI > = 25 in 2014

Adult HIV Prevalence in 2012

Total fertility rate

Country

1

Mean

736

32

59

26

28

2.5

5.7

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Cote d’Ivoire, Dem Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Uganda

Median

660

35

58

24

27

1.3

5.7

Minimum

240

11

52

17

19

0.5

4.8

Maximum

2550

64

64

34

37

10.8

7.6

2

Mean

2887

43

62

34

38

7.4

4.6

Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia

Median

870

39

62

29

33

5.1

4.6

Minimum

370

24

57

24

27

0.5

2.7

Maximum

10020

86

67

50

53

23.0

6.2

3

Mean

1465

40

56

33

36

7.3

5.1

Benin, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Median

800

46

54

32

35

3.1

5.1

Minimum

510

19

46

21

24

1.1

3.3

Maximum

3100

50

65

46

49

26.5

5.9

  1. Sources: WHO Global Health Database; World Bank; Demographic and Health Surveys
  2. Gross National Income (Atlas Method, current US$)