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Table 6 Summary of studies reporting incidence of influenza-associated deaths

From: Incidence of influenza virus infection among pregnant women: a systematic review

Study

Number of cases

Denominator

Crude incidence rate (CI)

95% CI

Pandemic or seasonal?

Study design

Grading system and scoreb

Hospital-based or clinic-based?

Inclusion criteria

Duration of surveillance (months or years)

Country

Jamieson 2009

1

3,392,060

0.003 per 10,000 pregnanciesa

(0.000–0.021)

Pandemic

Case series

JBI = 6/7

Both

Pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed (PCR or culture) H1N1

1 month

US

Creanga 2010

2

113,877

0.18 per 10,000 pregnancies

(0.04–0.70)

Pandemic

Case series

JBI = 6/7

Hospital

Reproductive-aged women with rtPCR-confirmed H1N1 hospitalized in NYC

2 months

US

Knight 2011

6

4

86,449

193,796

0.69 per 10,000 pregnancies

0.21 per 10,000 pregnanciesb

(0.26–1.51)

(0.06–0.53)

Pandemic

Case series

JBI = 6/7

Hospital

Confirmed AH1N1v infection during pregnancy and subsequently admitted to ICU

5 months

3 months

Australia/New Zealand

UK

Doyle 2013

8

295,941

0.27 per 10,000 pregnanciesa

(0.14–0.54)

Pandemic

Case series

NOS = 8

Both

Acute respiratory illness, with laboratory

confirmation of pH1N1 by a certified laboratory

13 months

US

  1. aCalculated from provided number of cases or %
  2. b NOS Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, JBI JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Descriptive/Case Series