The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Table 2 Study population and expected sepsis cases

Characteristics	Sylhet	Matiari	Karachi	Total
Population	~340000	~340000	~270000	950000
Yearly birth cohort	10200	8500	7500	26200
Conservative estimate of PP sepsis cases (5 % prevalence)	510	425	375	1310

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