Table 2

Trends of study period-specific WPV 12-month prevalence across study locations

	1990–1999				2000–2009				2010–2018
	Reports (n)	Proportion (%)	95% CI	I² (%)	Reports (n)	Proportion (%)	95% CI	I² (%)	Reports (n)	Proportion (%)	95% CI	I² (%)
Any type of WPV	4	65.6	51.1 to 80.0	96.5	13	58.5	43.6 to 73.5	99.4	61	62.3	55.8 to 68.8	99.9
Study location
Asia	2	77.3	59.6 to 95.1	89.6	5	66.3	53.9 to 78.7	97.3	35	64.0	58.1 to 69.9	99.7
Europe	2	54.6	38.0 to 71.2	96.7	3	27.2	6.2 to 48.2	98.6	10	53.0	35.4 to 70.7	99.8
North America	–				1	76.0	69.6 to 82.4	NA	5	65.6	45.1 to 86.1	99.7
Australasia	–				4	67.9	55.1 to 80.7	97.3	3	74.9	63.0 to 86.9	96.9
Others	–				–				8	59.6	41.8 to 77.5	99.4
Non-physical violence	7	59.2	34.0 to 84.4	99.7	54	43.5	36.6 to 50.4	99.8	168	41.4	37.2 to 45.6	99.9
Study location
Asia	–				19	50.9	34.2 to 67.6	99.8	94	44.5	38.8 to 50.1	99.9
Europe	4	35.6	15.3 to 55.9	99.3	9	37.6	25.8 to 49.4	99.3	28	29.0	24.3 to 33.7	99.6
North America	3	90.9	85.4 to 96.3	79.8	7	61.9	50.7 to 73.2	99.3	14	50.1	30.2 to 69.9	99.9
Australasia	–				18	31.7	20.4 to 43.1	99.7	11	50.2	30.9 to 69.5	99.8
Others	–				1	38.6	35.3 to 41.9	NA	21	33.7	24.7 to 42.6	99.5
Physical violence	5	32.6	15.3 to 49.9	98.3	34	24.0	19.0 to 28.9	99.4	99	24.3	22.0 to 26.6	99.7
Study location
Asia	–				12	19.6	14.1 to 25.1	97.0	56	25.0	21.4 to 28.5	99.7
Europe	3	20.1	6.8 to 33.4	95.9	8	19.9	10.9 to 28.9	99.4	17	20.3	12.9 to 27.6	99.7
North America	2	48.9	33.6 to 64.2	86.0	5	41.5	30.4 to 52.6	97.2	8	32.6	23.8 to 41.4	98.8
Australasia	–				8	24.9	14.8 to 34.9	99.4	6	32.9	19.0 to 46.8	99.6
Others					1	7.7	5.9 to 9.5	NA	12	17.5	13.0 to 22.0	98.2

Australasia included Australia and New Zealand, and others included Africa and Latin America.
NA, not available; WPV, workplace violence.