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Table 4 Heaping index of observer-assessed, survey-reported, and register-recorded birthweights stratified by time of birth, EN-BIRTH study

From: Birthweight: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study

  

Bangladesh

Nepal

Tanzania

All sites pooleda

Azimpur

Kushtia

Pokhara

Temeke

Muhimbili

Tertiary

District

Regional

Regional

National

All

 

Digital

Analogue

Digital

Analogue

Digital

Analogue

Digital

Analogue

Digital

Analogue

Digital

Analogue

Observation

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

2140

741

0

2275

0

7169

133

6418

1037

2509

3310

19,112

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(5.7)

(44.0)

(0.0)

(38.3)

(0.0)

(36.8)

(34.6)

(41.9)

(13.6)

(22.2)

(15.7)

(36.0)

Survey

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

1858

628

0

2105

0

6363

74

4307

747

1683

2679

15,086

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(13.5)

(51.8)

(0.0)

(45.8)

(0.0)

(39.9)

(47.3)

(52.6)

(23.4)

(29.7)

(25.3)

(43.4)

Register

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

1658

529

0

1757

0

6698

129

6183

1013

2458

2800

17,631

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(4.2)

(42.7)

(0.0)

(41.0)

(0.0)

(37.3)

(38.8)

(43.8)

(17.0)

(23.8)

(17.1)

(37.1)

Day shifts (07:00 h-20:59 h)

 Observation

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

1661

481

0

1731

0

4856

82

3866

683

1594

2426

12,528

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(4.9)

(40.5)

(0.0)

(37.4)

(0.0)

(35.4)

(26.8)

(40.7)

(12.9)

(22.4)

(12.9)

(34.7)

 Survey

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

1446

408

0

1587

0

4320

44

2592

513

1078

2003

9985

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(13.2)

(49.0)

(0.0)

(46.3)

(0.0)

(38.5)

(40.9)

(52.2)

(22.8)

(28.5)

(22.5)

(42.2)

 Register

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

1275

351

0

1313

0

4495

83

3718

670

1558

2028

11,439

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(3.1)

(39.6)

(0.0)

(40.0)

(0.0)

(35.8)

(28.9)

(42.5)

(15.8)

(24.1)

(13.6)

(35.7)

Night shift (21:00 h-06:59 h)

 Observation

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

479

260

0

544

0

2313

51

2552

354

915

884

6584

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(8.8)

(50.4)

(0.0)

(41.2)

(0.0)

(39.6)

(47.1)

(43.8)

(15.0)

(21.9)

(20.0)

(38.6)

 Survey

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

412

220

0

518

0

2043

30

1714

234

605

676

5100

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(14.3)

(56.8)

(0.0)

(44.4)

(0.0)

(42.7)

(56.7)

(53.2)

(24.8)

(31.9)

(27.5)

(45.3)

 Register

All birthweights within 350-6000 g, n

383

178

0

444

0

2203

46

2464

343

899

772

6190

All heaped birthweights within 350-6000 g, (%)

(8.1)

(48.9)

(0.0)

(44.1)

(0.0)

(40.3)

(56.5)

(45.9)

(19.2)

(23.5)

(23.5)

(39.8)

  1. aPercentages are pooled (random effects)
  2. Total births stratified by birth during day or night. Further calculations are shown in Additional files 20 and 21