1. Variability in mortality following caesarean delivery, appendectomy, and groin hernia repair in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and analysis of published data 
Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, MD, Joshua Jaramillo, BA, Lydia Maurer, BA, Rui Fu, BE, Micaela M Esquivel, MD, Prof Atul A Gawande, MD, Alex B Haynes, MD, Dr Thomas G Weiser, MD 
The Lancet Global Health 
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages e165-e174 (March 2016)
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2. Figure 1 Study selection
LMICs=low-income and middle-income countries. *Total citations are not additive because one ministry report (Burkina Faso) provided mortality data for all three procedures and another ministry report (Bulgaria) did so for appendectomy and groin hernia repair.
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3. Figure 2
Estimated surgical mortality for caesarean delivery (A), appendectomy (B), and groin hernia repair (C) by Global Burden of Disease (GBD) subregion
Data are median (IQR).
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4. Figure 3
Relative risk of mortality following caesarean delivery (A), appendectomy (B), and groin hernia repair (C) by WHO region (compared with published surgical mortality from the Netherlands)
Point is median, error bars are IQR. AFRO=Regional Office for Africa. AMRO=Regional Office for the Americas. EMRO=Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. EURO=Regional Office for Europe. SEARO=Regional Office for South-East Asia. WPRO=Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
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