Dental caries and associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Brief summary of incorporated studies assessing the prevalence of dental caries in Ethiopia, 2020

Author name	Publication year	Region	Study design	Age of subjects	Response rate (%)	Sample size	Total No. of outcome	Prevalence (%)	Quality score
Sehdev et al. [14]	2020	Tigray	Cross-sectional	15–20 years	100%	384	222	57.8	6
Ayele et al. [16]	2013	Amhara	Cross-sectional	7–14 years	100%	842	306	36.3	7
Catherine Simon et al. [25]	2000	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	12 years and above	100%	1736	367	21.1	6
Teshome et al. [17]	2020	Amhara	Cross-sectional	6 years and above	100%	368	87	23.64	7
Mulu et al. [18]	2014	Amhara	Cross-sectional	6–15 years	82%	147	32	21.8	8
Aynalem et al. (preprint) [19]	2019	Amhara	Cross-sectional	7–19 years	95%	396	135	34.1	6
Berhane et al. [20]	2014	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	10–14 years	100.00%	658	312	47.4	7
Teshome et al. [21]	2016	Amhara	Cross sectional	12–20 years	100.00%	291	141	48.5	8
Ademe et al. [22]	2020	Harar	Cross-sectional	6–15 years	98%	407	150	36.9	8
Tafere et al. [23]	2018	Amhara	Cross-sectional	18 years and above	97.20%	280	219	78.2	8
Zeru et al. [24]	2019	Tigray	Cross-sectional	6–15 years	100.00%	393	139	35.4	7
Komicha et al. [15]	2018	Oromia	Cross-sectional	20 years and above	100.00%	422	133	31.5	7
Bogale et al. (preprints) [13]	2019	SNNPR	Cross-sectional	18–100 years	89.30%	626	377	60.2	7

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