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

Table 7 Mortality rates by birth weight in intervention and control clusters during the trial period among live births

Characteristics	Trial period
Characteristics	Intervention	Control
Live births, N	3,725	3,905
Mortality for births <1000 g
Births <1000 g, N	10	7
Neonatal deaths, N	9	7
Neonatal mortality < 28 days, n (rate/1000)	900	1000
Mortality for births 1000–1499 g
Births 1000–1499 g, N	22	20
Neonatal deaths, N	14	10
Neonatal mortality < 28 days, n (rate/1000)	636	500
Mortality rates for births 1500–2499 g
Births 1500–2499 g, N	487	454
Neonatal deaths, N	20	33
Neonatal mortality < 28 days, n (rate/1000)	41.1	72.7
Mortality rates for births ≥ 2500 g
Births ≥ 2500 g, N	3,206	3,424
Neonatal deaths, N	38	52
Neonatal mortality < 28 days, n (rate/1000)	11.9	15.2

Note: The table provides frequencies and rates for neonatal mortality by birth weight group. The event counts within clusters are too small to get reliable estimates of relative risk for treatment versus control groups

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