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Table 7 Causes of death by infant gender

From: Gender variations in neonatal and early infant mortality in India and Pakistan: a secondary analysis from the Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry

Characteristic

Overall

Infant Gender

p-value

Male

Female

Stillbirth cause of death, N (%)1,2,3

4091

2286

1805

0.5673

 Birth asphyxia

495 (12.1)

294 (12.9)

201 (11.1)

 Low birth weight (< 2500 g)/prematurity

1454 (35.5)

803 (35.1)

651 (36.1)

 Infection

279 (6.8)

151 (6.6)

128 (7.1)

 Malformation

222 (5.4)

127 (5.6)

95 (5.3)

 Other

1641 (40.1)

911 (39.9)

730 (40.4)

Neonatal death < 42 days cause of death, N (%)1,2,3

9128

5161

3967

0.2396

 Birth asphyxia

2732 (29.9)

1,552 (30.1)

1180 (29.7)

 Low birth weight (< 2500 g)/prematurity

2850 (31.2)

1580 (30.6)

1270 (32.0)

 Infection/sepsis

986 (10.8)

548 (10.6)

438 (11.0)

 Congenital abnormalities/Malformation

454 (5.0)

251 (4.9)

203 (5.1)

 Other/no cause assigned

2106 (23.1)

1230 (23.8)

876 (22.1)

  1. 1All MNH Registry 2010–2018 infants born in 08 Belagavi, 11 Nagpur, and 09 Pakistan with exclusions miscarriage, MTP, and maternal deaths prior to delivery
  2. 2Categorical variable p-values are computed with a cluster-stratified CMH test
  3. 3Physician-assigned stillbirth cause of death is only provided for Versions 0.1–1.4. Physician-assigned neonatal cause of death is constructed from all versions