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Table 1 Geographic representation of included studies

From: There might be blood: a scoping review on women’s responses to contraceptive-induced menstrual bleeding changes

 

N

% of included studies across and within subregions

Countries represented (and number of studies within that country)

References

Africa

11

11%

  

 Northern Africa

1

9%

Egypt (1)

[115]

 Eastern Africa

2

18%

Kenya (2)

[107, 132]

 Middle Africa

0

0%

 Southern Africa

2

18%

South Africa (2)

[47, 122]

 Western Africa

6

55%

Nigeria (3), Mali (1), Ghana (2)

[43, 76, 87, 94, 102, 104]

Americas

32

32%

  

 Latin America and the Caribbean

10

31%

Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (3), Brazil (6)

[44, 57, 68, 78, 81, 84, 95, 103, 124, 137]

 Northern America

22

69%

US (18), Canada (3), Unspecified (1)

[46, 58, 59, 61, 62, 71, 75, 85, 86, 90,91,92, 111, 112, 125,126,127, 130, 133,134,135,136]

Antarctica

0

na

Asia

7

7%

  

 Central Asia

0

0%

 Eastern Asia

1

14%

China (1)

[64]

 Southeastern Asia

1

14%

Thailand (1)

[114]

 Southern Asia

3

43%

India (1), Bangladesh (1), Iran (1)

[63, 83, 99]

 Western Asia

2

29%

Turkey (2)

[45, 123]

Europe

20

20%

  

 Eastern Europe

0

0%

 Northern Europe

10

50%

Finland (1), Ireland (1), Netherlands (1), UK (7)

[51, 52, 82, 97, 98, 100, 105, 109, 113, 145]

 Southern Europe

6

30%

Italy (3), Spain (3)

[66, 67, 77, 79, 88, 138]

 Western Europe

4

20%

Austria (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)

[48, 53, 60, 110]

Oceania

6

6%

  

 Australia and New Zealand

6

100%

Australia (5), New Zealand (1)

[54, 96, 106, 121, 139, 141]

 Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia

0

0%

 

Multi-country studies or systematic reviews

24

24%

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Zimbabwe; unspecified countries in Europe, Asia, and Western Europe; countries included in studies in systematic reviews

[49, 50, 55, 56, 65, 69, 70, 72,73,74, 80, 89, 93, 101, 108, 116,117,118,119,120, 128, 131, 140, 160]