Table 2 Significantly different community and health facility causes of neonatal deaths in the study countries
Country | Analysis method | Cause of death | Community N deaths (%) %MF (95% CI) | Facility N deaths (%) %MF (95% CI) | p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 109 (66.5%) | 55 (33.5%) | |||
EAVA | Non-significant | – | – | – | |
PCVA | Birth asphyxia/birth injury | 21.1 (14.7, 28.6) | 36.4 (24.0, 50.1) | 0.023 | |
Malawi | 144 (45.0%) | 176 (55.0%) | |||
EAVA | Birth asphyxia/birth injury | 9.4 (5.4, 14.9) | 20.0 (14.0, 27.0) | 0.011 | |
Pneumonia | 24.5 (17.9, 32.0) | 36.1 (28.4, 44.3) | 0.027 | ||
Other | 5.3 (2.3, 10.2) | 1.0 (0.2, 3.0) | 0.015 | ||
Unspecified | 20.3 (13.9, 27.9) | 12.2 (7.9, 17.6) | 0.049 | ||
PCVA | Unspecified | 11.2 (6.4, 17.5) | 4.6 (2.1, 8.4) | 0.028 | |
Niger | 368 (81.2%) | 85 (18.8%) | |||
EAVA | Sepsis | 40.3 (35.0, 45.7) | 25.0 (15.5, 36.3) | 0.019 | |
Preterm | 1.2 (0.4, 2.5) | 9.6 (0.8, 33.6) | 0.011 | ||
PCVA | Diarrhea | 0.0 (−,± −) | 2.7 (0.4, 8.6) | 0.031** | |
Sepsis | 42.1 (36.1, 48.2) | 26.8 (16.7, 38.8) | 0.026 | ||
Nigeria | 524 (72.6%) | 198 (27.4%) | |||
EAVA | Birth asphyxia/birth injury | 19.1 (15.2, 23.5) | 30.8 (23.3, 39.0) | 0.006 | |
Other | 6.0 (4.1, 8.4) | 1.4 (0.4, 3.5) | 0.006 | ||
PCVA | Birth asphyxia/birth injury | 16.9 (13.2, 21.1) | 29.4 (22.0, 37.7) | 0.002 | |
Sepsis | 20.7 (17.1, 24.8) | 10.6 (6.0, 16.8) | 0.007 |