The prevalence of uterine fundal pressure during the second stage of labour for women giving birth in health facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Countries where included studies gathered primary data, income levels per the 2020 World Bank Classification [25]

Country	Number of studies	Number of women included	Income level [25]
Africa
Egypt	2	8769	Lower-middle
Ethiopia	2	407	Low
Tanzania	1	208	Low
Asia
India	6	6053	Lower-middle
Iran	6	4614	Upper-middle
Japan	8	762,408	High
Philippines	1	170	Lower-middle
Turkey	6	2177	Upper-middle
Europe
Croatia	1	205	High
Italy	10	25,175	High
Portugal	1	468	High
Spain	4	855	High
Sweden	6	15,971	High
Switzerland	3	35,532	High
North America
Canada	1	5368	High
South America
Brazil	19	27,596	Upper-middle
Ecuador	1	252	Upper-middle
Peru	1	250	Upper-middle
Multiple
Guinea, Myanmar, Ghana and Nigeria	1	2016	3 lower-middle, 1 low

Of the 80 data sets three were from low income countries, nine from lower-middle income countries, 33 from upper-middle income countries, 34 from high income countries and one included four countries of various income levels

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