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Table 2 For all livebirths in the audit, birthweight estimated before birth and actual birthweight

From: Identifying women giving birth preterm and care at the time of birth: a prospective audit of births at six hospitals in India, Kenya, Pakistan and Uganda

 

CMC

(n = 703)

Mulago

(n = 993)

Mbale

(n = 787)

Kenyatta

(n = 1018)

FBH/LNH

(n = 280)

Total

(n = 3781)

Birthweight estimate

632

(90%)

89

(9%)

22

(3%)

51

(5%)

106

(38%)

900

(24%)

Method

  Clinical assessment

619

5

1

27

652

  Ultrasound scan

13

84

22

50

79

248

Estimate (kg)

  < 1.00

1

2

3

  1.00–1.99

36

15

12

15

78

  2.00–2.99

354

17

8

16

56

451

  > 3.00

242

57

13

23

33

368

Actual birthweight(kg)

 < 1.00

6

(1%)

1

(< 1%)

1

(< 1%)

1

(< 1%)

9

(< 1%)

 1.00–1.99

45

(6%)

68

(7%)

35

(4%)

52

(5%)

16

(6%)

216

(6%)

 2.00–2.99

327

(47%)

303

(31%)

318

(40%)

323

(32%)

108

(39%)

1379

(36%)

 > 3.00

331

(47%)

616

(62%)

433

(55%)

642

(63%)

155

(55%)

2177

(57%)

  1. All data are N (%)