Table 2. Prevalence of neonatal sepsis in Iran according to a priori defined stubgroups.
| Variable/subgroups | Number studies | Number of neonates screened (total) | Number of neonates with proved sepsis | Pooled Prevalence (95% CI) |
Heterogeneity I2 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Boy | 5 | 847 | 167 | 20.42 (9.03–34.83) | 95.0 |
| Girl | 5 | 664 | 119 | 18.51 (7.46–32.89) | 93.7 |
| Type of sepsis | |||||
| Early onset sepsis | 7 | 8025 | 411 | 10.96 (5.93–17.26) | 98.0 |
| Late onset sepsis | 7 | 8025 | 216 | 6.85 (3.41–11.32) | 97.3 |
| Year | |||||
| 2004–2008 | 7 | 2796 | 361 | 16.46 (7.73–27.58) | 97.1 |
| 2009–2012 | 11 | 9396 | 795 | 15.97 (10.31–22.57) | 98.1 |
| 2013–2019 | 4 | 2491 | 211 | 15.50 (5.80–28.66) | 97.3 |