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Table 6 Mortality rates by delivery location and period

From: A multi-faceted intervention including antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: a case study from the Guatemalan Western Highlands

Characteristica

Pre-trial period

Trial period

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Live births, N

2,007

2,271

3,725

3,905

Neonatal deaths <28d, N (Rate/1000) in home birth

21.4

27.8

21.6

23.0

Neonatal deaths <28d, N (Rate/1000) in facility (clinic or hospital)

52.0

34.4

21.9

29.8

Neonatal deaths <28d, N (Rate/1000) in facility with C-section or any neonatal care capabilitiesb

52.4

32.7

22.1

30.0

  1. Note: The table provides rates for neonatal mortality by location of delivery. The event counts within clusters were too small to get reliable estimates of relative risk for treatment versus control groups, or for probability differences for changes between the pretrial and trial periods by treatment group
  2. aThe denominator for neonatal mortality is all live births. Of the 2,007 live births in the intervention group during the pre-trial period 21 are missing 28-day status and are excluded from the denominator
  3. bNeonatal care capabilities include bag and mask, oxygen or mechanical ventilation