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. 2009 Jan 6;87(2):130–138. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.050963

Table 4. Medical care received by infants who died within 28 days postpartum and their mothers, both at delivery and before neonatal death, in prospective study in an urban Pakistani population, 2003–2005.

Medical care Deaths
All No. (%)a Within 48 hours No. (%)a Within 3–7 days No. (%)a Within 8–28 days No. (%)a
Neonatal death 53 (100) 24 (45.3) 15 (28.3) 14 (26.4)
Mode of delivery (n = 51)
Vaginal 33 (64.7) 10 (45.5) 12 (80.0) 11 (78.6)
Caesarean section 18 (35.3) 12 (54.5) 3 (20.0) 3 (21.4)
Place of death (n = 51)
Home 13 (25.5) 2 (9.1) 5 (33.3) 6 (42.9)
Hospital 38 (74.5) 20 (90.9) 10 (66.7) 8 (57.1)
Treatment before death (n = 51)
Yes 45 (88.2) 20 (90.9) 13 (86.7) 12 (85.7)
No 6 (11.8) 2 (9.1) 2 (13.3) 2 (14.3)
Place of treatment (n = 45)
Clinic 6 (13.3) 1 (5.0) 2 (15.4) 3 (25.0)
Hospital 39 (86.7) 19 (95.0) 11 (84.6) 9 (75.0)

a Denominators for demographic and clinical characteristics may differ due to non-response.