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Table 2 Early and 28-day neonatal mortality and newborn characteristics for registry, 2010-2013*

From: Neonatal mortality and coverage of essential newborn interventions 2010 - 2013: a prospective, population-based study from low-middle income countries

 

Alive at Day 28

N (%)*

Early Neonatal Death

N (%)*

28-Day Death

N (%)*

RR (95% CI)** for Early NMR

RR (95% CI)** for 28-Day NMR

Births, N

256,126

5,412

6,764

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Estimated gestational age

     

Preterm

20,174 (8.1)

2,172 (44.6)

2,615 (42.8)

8.1 (7.5, 8.8)

7.5 (6.9, 8.1)

Term

228,935 (91.9)

2,703 (55.4)

3,492 (57.2)

1.0

1.0

Birth weight category

     

< 1000g

52 (0.0)

286 (5.3)

315 (4.7)

71.8 (63.2, 81.5)

61.4 (54.8, 68.9)

1000-1499g

639 (0.2)

812 (15.1)

970 (14.4)

46.0 (41.0, 51.6)

42.7 (38.2, 47.8)

1500-2499g

25,581 (10.0)

1,784 (33.2)

2,259 (33.6)

5.7 (5.1, 6.4)

5.7 (5.1, 6.3)

≥ 2500g

229,732 (89.7)

2,485 (46.3)

3,174 (47.2)

1.0

1.0

Infant gender

     

Male

132,424 (51.7)

3,099 (57.4)

3,780 (56.0)

1.2 (1.2, 1.3)

1.2 (1.1, 1.2)

Female

123,653 (48.3)

2,303 (42.6)

2,973 (44.0)

1.0

1.0

Multiple birth

     

Yes

3,693 (1.4)

567 (10.5)

704 (10.4)

6.7 (6.0, 7.6)

6.6 (6.0, 7.3)

No

252,352 (98.6)

4,838 (89.5)

6,052 (89.6)

1.0

1.0

Congenital anomaly

     

Present

695 (0.3)

318 (6.0)

392 (5.9)

15.0 (12.5, 17.9)

14.6 (12.4, 17.3)

Absent

251,599 (99.7)

4,952 (94.0)

6,207 (94.1)

1.0

1.0

Breech presentation

     

Yes

5,285 (2.1)

353 (6.5)

423 (6.3)

3.0 (2.5, 3.4)

2.8 (2.4, 3.2)

No

   

1.0

1.0

  1. *N’s less than the total represent missing responses
  2. **Relative risk (RR) and 95% CI use GEE to account for study cluster