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Distribution of included studies according to the development status of the country where the study was conducted [24]. |
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| Country type |
N reporting only morbidity |
N reporting only mortality |
N reporting morbidity and mortality |
Total |
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| Industrialised (N = 43) |
971 |
75 |
39 |
1085 |
| Less developed (N = 95) |
584 |
183 |
87 |
854 |
| Least developed (N = 46) |
123 |
69 |
36 |
228 |
| 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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