The Magnitude of Neonatal Mortality and Its Predictors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

The prevalence of neonatal mortality by region, study design, and sample size.

Variables	Characteristics	Included studies	Sample size	Prevalence (95% CI)
Regions	Oromia	2	3953	18.8 (11.9, 49.4)
	Amhara	5	4038	20.3 (9.6, 31.1)
	Tigray	2	2304	5.9 (4.9, 6.8)
	SNNP	2	1850	18.2 (11.9, 30.5)
	Somali	1	792	9.1 (23.1, 8.9)
Study design	Cohort	8	8936	16.6 (11.2, 21.9)
	Cross-sectional	3	3037	15.9 (3.9, 27.8)
By included sample size	≥800	5	8405	8.9 (4.9, 12.9)
	<800	6	3568	22.7 (12.8, 32.7)
Overall		11	12397	16.3 (11.9, 20.7)