Table 1. Neonatal and infant mortality by intervention group.
| Intervention groups | ||||||||
| Placebo+ITNs | SP+ITNs | Total | p | |||||
| n = 500 | n = 497 | n = 997 | ||||||
| Neonatal mortality (%) (≤28 days of life) | Alive | 482 | (96%) | 490 | (99%) | 972 | (97%) | 0.041 |
| Deaths | 18 | (4%) | 7 | (1%) | 25 | (3%) | ||
| Early neonatal mortality (%) (≤7 days of life) | Alive | 485 | (97%) | 492 | (99%) | 977 | (98%) | 0.039 |
| Deaths | 15 | (3%) | 5 | (1%) | 20 | (2%) | ||
| Infant mortality (%) (first 12 months of life) | Alive | 465 | (93%) | 474 | (95%) | 939 | (94%) | 0.136 |
| Deaths | 35 | (7%) | 23 | (5%) | 58 | (6%) | ||
SP = sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine. ITN = insecticide-treated nets.