Perinatal mortality and its determinants in Sub Saharan African countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 Subgroup analysis of perinatal mortality rate by region, study setting and design in Sub-Saharan countries, 2000–2019 GC

Sub group	Number of studies	PMR (95% CI)	Standard error	P-value (P)	Extent of heterogeneity
Sub group	Number of studies	PMR (95% CI)	Standard error	P-value (P)	I²	Q- stat	P-value (P)
Region
E. Africa	5	49.88 (28.60, 71.18)	10.86	< 0.0001	99.99	47,751	< 0.0001
S. Africa	2	56.00 (22.33, 89.67)	17.18	< 0.001	99.96	2893	< 0.0001
W. Africa	7	65.07 (47.07, 83.07)	9.18	< 0.0001	99.99	79,902	< 0.0001
Setting
CB	5	58.64 (37.22, 80.06)	10.93	< 0.0001	99.99	70,302	< 0.0001
FB	7	64.09 (46.00, 82.20)	9.24	< 0.0001	99.99	58,306	< 0.0001
PB	2	37.50 (3.63, 71.36)	17.28	< 0.03	99.17	120	< 0.0001
Design
CS	8	68.82 (53.83, 83.81)	7.65	< 0.0001	99.99	79,476	< 0.0001
CC	2	28.55 (−1.43, 58.53)	15.30	> 0.062	99.88	834	< 0.0001
Co	4	52.30 (31.10, 73.50)	10.82	< 0.0001	99.98	19,084	< 0.0001

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