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Table 1 Characteristics of babies and women, EN-BIRTH study (n = 22,752 births)

From: Neonatal resuscitation: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study

 

Bangladesh

Nepal

Tanzania

All sitesa

Azimpur Tertiary

Kushtia District

Pokhara Regional

Temeke Regional

Muhimbili National

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

a) Total babies observed

2903

2352

7211

6702

3584

22,752

 Birth outcome - Live Birth

2896 (99.7)

2308 (98.2)

7175 (99.5)

6634 (99)

3509 (97.9)

22,522 (99.0)

 Newborn condition at L&D discharge

  Alive

2895 (99.7)

2302 (97.9)

7171 (99.4)

6606 (98.6)

3490 (97.4)

22,464 (98.7)

  Fresh stillbirth

7 (0.2)

44 (1.9)

36 (0.5)

68 (1.0)

75 (2.1)

230 (1.0)

  Neonatal death

1 (0.0)

6 (0.3)

4 (0.1)

28 (0.4)

19 (0.5)

58 (0.3)

 Mode of birth

  Normal vaginal birth

766 (26.4)

1369 (58.2)

5812 (80.6)

6213 (92.7)

1513 (42.2)

15,673 (68.9)

  Vaginal breech/ Vacuum/ Forceps

1 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

342 (4.7)

10 (0.1)

9 (0.3)

362 (1.6)

  Caesarean Section

2136 (73.6)

983 (41.8)

1057 (14.7)

478 (7.1)

2060 (57.5)

6714 (29.5)

 Birthweight of baby < 2500 g

353 (12.1)

471 (20.0)

840 (11.7)

480 (7.2)

938 (26.2)

3082 (13.5)

 Sex Female/Girl baby

1439 (49.6)

1143 (48.6)

3329 (46.2)

3229 (48.4)

1760 (49.5)

10,900 (48.1)

b) Total women observedb

2879

2309

7145

6584

3400

22,317

 Women’s age

  < 18 years

25 (0.9)

2 (0.1)

305 (4.3)

25 (0.4)

7 (0.2)

364 (1.6)

  18–19 years

467 (16.2)

189 (8.2)

800 (11.2)

752 (11.4)

152 (4.5)

2360 (10.6)

  20–24 years

1150 (39.9)

901 (39)

2989 (41.8)

2263 (34.4)

687 (20.2)

7990 (35.8)

  25–29 years

856 (29.7)

714 (30.9)

2051 (28.7)

1655 (25.1)

1087 (32.0)

6363 (28.5)

  30–34 years

294 (10.2)

358 (15.5)

790 (11.1)

1117 (17.0)

883 (26.0)

3442 (15.4)

  35+ years

87 (3.0)

145 (6.3)

210 (2.9)

772 (11.7)

584 (17.2)

1798 (8.1)

 Women’s education

  No education

37 (1.3)

75 (3.2)

259 (3.6)

196 (3.0)

63 (1.9)

630 (2.8)

  Primary incomplete

110 (3.8)

117 (5.1)

244 (3.4)

76 (1.2)

40 (1.2)

587 (2.6)

  Primary complete

333 (11.6)

329 (14.2)

289 (4.0)

28 (0.4)

4 (0.1)

983 (4.4)

  Secondary incomplete

976 (33.9)

917 (39.7)

1589 (22.2)

3956 (60.1)

1224 (36.0)

8662 (38.8)

  Secondary complete or higher

1263 (43.9)

837 (36.2)

4381 (61.3)

2295 (34.9)

2055 (60.4)

10,831 (48.5)

  Missing

160 (5.6)

34 (1.5)

383 (5.4)

33 (0.5)

14 (0.4)

624 (2.8)

 Parity

  Nullipara

1333 (46.3)

981 (42.5)

4272 (59.8)

2848 (43.3)

1290 (37.9)

10,724 (48.1)

  Multipara

1493 (51.9)

1323 (57.3)

2866 (40.1)

3723 (56.5)

2106 (61.9)

11,511 (51.6)

  Missing

53 (1.8)

5 (0.2)

7 (0.1)

13 (0.2)

4 (0.1)

82 (0.4)

  1. aIndividually weighted
  2. bData were collected from women’s registration and survey report