# Meta-analysis of 3 regions' data for 5 years

Can we do a meta-analysis of data of 3 regions. A particular disease was treated with the same treatment but implemented thoroughly in 2 regions and not so thoroughly in 1 region. How to proceed with analysis? What is the best way to analyse these data. The data are of a disease (cases and deaths) as follows:

          Region 1      Region 2         Region 3
2006    2320    528     1484    108       73    3       3877            639
2007    3024    645     1592    75        32    1       4648            721
2008    3012    537     1920    53         3    0       4935            590
2009    3073    556     1477    40       246    8       4796            604
2010    3540    494     1460    26       138    1       5138            521
Total  14969    2760    7933    302      492    13     23394            3075


Updated These are unpublished data.

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What is the aim of the analysis? What question(s) are you trying to answer? –  onestop Feb 10 '11 at 16:59
@onestop: Thank you for your time. The same treatment was given in all 3 regions but with different levels of dedication to the suffering patient due to various administrative reasons. The aim is to show that there is a significant increase in the number of deaths in 1 region due to poor implementation of the treatment guidelines. –  DrWho Feb 11 '11 at 5:04
@DrWho: I'm not sure if meta-analysis is the correct approach to analyze this dataset. It seems more like classic longitudinal design. I think you should reconsider your methodology. –  Andrej Feb 11 '11 at 7:56
@Andrej: can you kindly say a few more words about the design? –  DrWho Feb 11 '11 at 14:32
@DrWho, i think it would be more helpful if you said a few more words about the design! Are the numbers under 'cases' incident cases or prevalent cases? Are they always different people in each year? If someone became a case in 2006 and died in 2007, how would their data be entered in the above table? –  onestop Feb 12 '11 at 9:52