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Regional distribution of included studies and reports of maternal morbidity and mortality [24]. |
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| Regions |
N reporting only morbidity |
N reporting only mortality |
N reporting morbidity and mortality |
Total |
|
|
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| Europe |
482 |
39 |
34 |
555 |
| Asia |
374 |
68 |
30 |
472 |
| North America |
405 |
28 |
4 |
437 |
| Africa |
201 |
102 |
70 |
373 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean |
156 |
85 |
23 |
264 |
| Australia/Oceania |
60 |
5 |
1 |
66 |
| Other (e.g. multicountry) |
26 |
6 |
5 |
37 |
| Overall |
1704 |
333 |
167 |
2204 |
Gülmezoglu et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2004 4:16 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-4-16 |
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