Table 2.

The pooled mortality rate of preterm from 32 studies in East Africa from January 2012–December 2020.

Study	ES [95% Conf. Interval]			% Weight
Yehuala et al. (2015)	25.150	21.289	29.011	3.27
Tamene et al. (2020)	36.150	32.563	39.737	3.29
Yismaw et al. (2019)	28.880	24.960	32.800	3.26
Abebe et al. (2019)	25.540	21.346	29.734	3.24
Mengistu et al. (2020)	18.600	15.856	21.344	3.34
Chengo et al. (2020)	15.110	11.131	19.089	3.26
Muchem et al. (2018)	6.440	5.382	7.498	3.42
Mmbaga et al. (2016)	18.420	16.205	20.635	3.37
Seid et al. (2019)	9.270	7.800	10.740	3.41
Zuniga et al. (2013)	20.260	13.890	26.630	3.02
Shah et al. (2012)	5.790	4.614	6.966	3.41
Ndelema et al. (2016)	27.920	23.706	32.134	3.24
Andegior et al. (2020)	16.530	11.846	21.214	3.19
Namazzi et al. (2020)	21.070	15.935	26.205	3.15
Moshiro et al. (2019)	20.750	15.634	25.866	3.15
Orsido et al. (2019)	39.620	33.035	46.205	2.99
Roro et al. (2019)	13.590	8.906	18.274	3.19
van den et al. (2015)	22.270	18.428	26.112	3.27
Egesa et al. (2020)	35.690	30.359	41.021	3.13
Dessu et al. (2018)	34.580	25.564	43.596	2.69
Opio et al. (2019)	7.810	3.165	12.455	3.20
Sania et al. (2013)	3.490	2.373	4.607	3.42
Dessu et al. (2020)	8.330	4.645	12.015	3.28
Farah et al. (2018)	6.940	4.549	9.331	3.36
Paul et al. (2020)	4.800	4.036	5.564	3.42
Gudayu (2012)	33.120	30.905	35.335	3.37
Endalam et al. (2020)	31.210	27.290	35.130	3.26
Miyosh et al. (2019)	4.400	3.420	5.380	3.42
Salih et al. (2013)	41.000	31.357	50.643	2.61
Garca- et al. (2017)	11.560	6.386	16.734	3.15
Nyakan et al. (2019)	13.740	9.565	17.915	3.24
D + L po ES	19.203	16.019	22.387	100.00

Heterogeneity chi-squared = 1947.64 (d.f. = 30) p = 0.000.

I-squared (variation in ES attributable to heterogeneity) = 98.5%.

Test of ES = 0: z = 11.82 p = 0.000.