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Table 1 Country of residence and areas of work (“primary” and “other”) as identified by panel members in Round 3

From: Characteristics of a global classification system for perinatal deaths: a Delphi consensus study

Panel characteristics

Total N = 51

 

Frequency (%)

Country of residence

 

 Australia

3 (5.9)

 Bangladesh

2 (3.9)

 Canada

1 (2)

 China

1 (2)

 Croatia

2 (3.9)

 Ethiopia

1 (2)

 India

4 (7.8)

 Israel

1 (2)

 Italy

2 (3.9)

 Nepal

3 (5.9)

 Netherlands

2 (3.9)

 New Zealand

1 (2)

 Norway

3 (5.9)

 Pakistan

2 (3.9)

 South Africa

4 (7.8)

 Sudan

1 (2)

 Switzerland

2 (3.9)

 Turkey

2 (3.9)

 United Kingdom

5 (9.8)

 United Republic of Tanzania

1 (2)

 United States of America

8 (15.7)

Primary area of work

 

 Database

1 (2)

 Epidemiology

8 (15.7)

 Neonatal nursing

1 (2)

 Neonatology

6 (11.8)

 Obstetrics

15 (29.4)

 Paediatrics

4 (7.8)

 Pathology

2 (3.9)

 Policy/Programs

2 (3.9)

 Public Health

12 (23.5)

Other area of worka

 

 Epidemiology

9 (17.6)b

 Gynaecology

1 (2)

 Midwifery

1 (2)

 Neonatology

3 (5.9)

 Obstetrics

7 (13.7)

 Paediatrics

2 (3.9)

 Pathology

2 (3.9)c

 Perinatology

1 (2)

 Policy/Programs

3 (5.9)d

 Public Health

12 (23.5)e

 Research

1 (2)f

  1. aOther area of work given by 42 participants. Percentages calculated based on total sample of 51 participants
  2. bSpecifically: pregnancy outcomes; perinatal epidemiology; perinatal health surveillance; NCD; maternal and newborn health; teaching and research; perinatal surveillance; obstetrics; neonatal infections in developing countries; research data management; maternal and neonatal mortality.
  3. cSpecifically: perinatal pathology.
  4. dSpecifically: maternal and child health; maternal and perinatal health; emergency obstetric care; maternal and perinatal audits; health policy.
  5. eSpecifically: urban health; mortality review; community medicine; newborn health; medical birth and perinatal death register; infectious diseases; policy decision making; health systems; health informatics; reproductive health; maternal and child health; clinical patient care; teaching; perinatal; reproductive; maternal and perinatal health care; community-based newborn care; infant and pre-school child health care; global health; health systems; neonatology; immunity programs; stillbirth.
  6. fSpecifically: intra-uterine fetal death.
  7. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding