Table 2.
Neonatal deaths in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam, 2005, identified by different informants and methods of data collection according to place of death. Row percentages relating to the place of death are not cumulative, since neonatal deaths were identified from over-lapping sources.
| Place of Death | Neonatal deaths | Source of information | |||
| Hospital register | CHC register | CHC staff | VHWs | ||
| Regional and provincial hospital | 151 | 129 (85%) | 57 (38%) | 59 (39%) | 94 (62%) |
| District hospital | 60 | 33 (55%) | 22 (37%) | 32 (53%) | 43 (72%) |
| Community Health Center | 3 | 0 (0%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 2 (67%) |
| Home or outside health facility | 67 | 3 (4%) | 23 (34%) | 31 (46%) | 60 (90%) |
| Total | 281* | 168 (59%) | 105 (37%) | 126 (44%) | 202 (71%) |
*Information on place of death was missing in three cases