Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the deceased infants and stillbirths with verbal autopsies in Khayelitsha, 2017–2019
CHARACTERISTICS | NUMBERS |
|---|---|
Age at death | |
Stillbirth | 5 |
0–7 days | 5 |
8–28 days | 3 |
≥ 29 days | 4 |
Year of death | |
2017 | 3 |
2018 | 3 |
2019 | 11 |
Occurrence of place of death | |
Hospital | 11 |
Home | 4 |
En-route health facility | 1 |
Unknown | 1 |
Death certificate | |
Yes | 9 |
No | 8 |
Multiple births (twins) | |
Yes | 1 |
No | 16 |
Mother still alive | |
Yes | 16 |
No | 1 |
Mother’s HIV status | |
Positive | 9 |
Negative | 8 |
Underweight at birth (< 2.5 kg) | |
Yes | 6 |
No | 7 |
Doesn’t know | 4 |