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Table 6 Death and hospitalization after delivery by site and infant gender

From: Gender variations in neonatal and early infant mortality in India and Pakistan: a secondary analysis from the Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry

Characteristic

India

Pakistan

Unadj. RR

p-value

Male

Female

Male

Female

India RR

Pakistan RR

Ind

Pak

Stillbirths, N (rate/1000)1,2,3

2444 (22.8)

2006 (20.3)

2362 (49.6)

1836 (42.0)

1.13 (1.05, 1.20)

1.18 (1.12, 1.24)

0.0006

< .0001

Perinatal mortality rates, N (rate/1000)1,2,3

 ≤ 7 days

4558 (42.6)

3516 (35.5)

4296 (90.9)

3311 (76.3)

1.20 (1.14, 1.26)

1.19 (1.14, 1.25)

< .0001

< .0001

 ≤ 28 days

5025 (46.9)

3909 (39.5)

4742 (100.3)

3722 (85.8)

1.19 (1.14, 1.24)

1.17 (1.12, 1.22)

< .0001

< .0001

Neonatal mortality rates, N (rate/1000)1,2,3

 1–28 days

2581 (24.7)

1903 (19.6)

2,380 (53.0)

1886 (45.4)

1.26 (1.18, 1.34)

1.17 (1.10, 1.24)

< .0001

< .0001

 1–7 days

2114 (20.2)

1510 (15.6)

1934 (43.1)

1475 (35.5)

1.30 (1.21, 1.39)

1.21 (1.14, 1.30)

< .0001

< .0001

 8–28 days

467 (4.6)

393 (4.1)

446 (10.4)

411 (10.3)

1.11 (0.97, 1.26)

1.01 (0.91, 1.13)

0.1314

0.8068

 29–42 days

122 (1.2)

112 (1.2)

181 (4.3)

144 (3.6)

1.02 (0.80, 1.31)

1.17 (0.95, 1.45)

0.8602

0.1367

Conditions requiring hospitalization in follow up, N (%)1,2

1716 (1.8)

1278 (1.4)

683 (1.7)

397 (1.1)

  

< .0001

< .0001

  1. 1All MNH Registry 2010–2018 infants born in 08 Belagavi, 11 Nagpur, and 09 Pakistan with exclusions miscarriage, MTP, and maternal deaths prior to delivery
  2. 2Categorical variable p-values are computed with a cluster-stratified CMH test
  3. 3Relative risks are unadjusted, calculated from a model using GEE to adjust for cluster