Potential contributions of an on-site nurse mentoring program on neonatal mortality reductions in rural Karnataka state, South India: evidence from repeat community cross-sectional surveys

Table 2 Neonatal mortality estimates and unadjusted hazard ratios for different periods since birth, by place of delivery

Mortality rates for periods since birth	Deliveries in nurse mentor supported facilities		Deliveries in facilities not supported by nurse mentors		Home deliveries		Total deliveries
Mortality rates for periods since birth	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline
Day 1 NMR [95% CI]	12.8 [6.1–26.7]	1.9 [0.3–13.2]	4.2 [1.8–10.1]	6.2 [3.1–12.5]	10.0 [4.5–22.1]	5.5 [1.4–21.8]	7.7 [4.9–12.2]	5.0 [2.8–9.1]
Hazard ratio [95% CI] p	Ref	0.10 [0.01–0.90] 0.04	Ref.	0.99 [0.28–3.52] 0.99	Ref.	0.44 [0.08–2.45] 0.44	Ref.	0.58 [0.24–1.42] 0.23
Days 2–7 NMR [95% CI]	11.1 [5.0–24.6]	7.5 [2.8–19.8]	21.2 [14.4–31.3]	15.7 [10.2–24.3]	16.8 [9.1–31.1]	11.1 [4.2–29.3]	17.7 [13.1–24.0]	12.9 [8.9–18.7]
Hazard ratio [95% CI] p	Ref	0.98 [0.24–4.02] 0.97	Ref	0.50 [0.17–1.43] 0.20	Ref	0.58 [0.15–2.30] 0.44	Ref	0.59 [0.26–1.33] 0.20
Days 8-28 NMR [95% CI]	5.7 [1.8–17.5]	0.0 [NC]	7.0 [3.5–14.0]	4.0 [1.7–9.6]	1.7 [0.2–12.1]	8.5 [2.7–26.1]	5.3 [3.0–9.4]	3.8 [1.9–7.5]
Hazard ratio [95% CI] p	NC		Ref	0.79 [0.18–3.49] 0.76	Ref	42.05 [4.42–399.76] 0.00	Ref	0.96 [0.33–2.84] 0.94

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