Paper | Study criteria | Type of study | Location | Number | Live births | Incidence per 10 000 live births (95% CI) |
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This paper | 34–42 weeks < 7 days | Population based | North of England | 30 | 828 648 | 0.35 (0.22 to 0.48) |
Polberger and Svenningsen 19851 | 38–41 weeks 6–100 h | Population based | Sweden | 10* | 133 110 | 0.75 (0.51 to 0.99) |
Rodríguez-Alarcón et al 19948 | 38–42 weeks < 7 days | Hospital based | Spain | 15 | 107 263 | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) |
Dehan et al 19929 | 36+ weeks < 7 days | Hospital based | France | 31 | Not reported | 3.6 |
↵* The six other deaths reported by Polberger were from group B streptococcal septicaemia.