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. 2022 Apr 6;7(4):e007077. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007077

Table 2.

Overview of near miss frequency and meta-analysis by region

Region Near miss frequency (range)
[N=60 studies]
Near miss meta-analysis ES [95% CI]
[N= 57 studies]
Central and Southern Asia 1.67–120 0.022 [95% CI −0.012 to 0.055]
Eastern and South Eastern Asia 2.1–12.7 0.006 [95% CI −0.090 to 0.102]
Sub Saharan Africa 0.39–198.5 0.024 [95% CI −0.004 to 0.052]
Latin America and the Caribbean 2.2–77.2 0.011 [95% CI −0.001 to 0.023]
Northern Africa and Western Asia 3.1–12.9 0.007 [95% CI −0.087 to 0.100]
Oceania 4.8–25.4 0.016 [95% CI −0.093 to 0.126]
Europe and Northern America 47.9 0.048 [95% CI −0.031 to 0.127]