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Primary causes of deaths from analysis of verbal autopsy reports
| Cause of death | Infants delivered by intervention birth attendant (n=1899) | Infants delivered by control birth attendant (n=1466) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days 0-1 | Days 2-27 | Days 0-1 | Days 2-27 | ||
| Serious infection | 4 | 12 | 6 | 11 | |
| Birth asphyxia | 5 | 5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Prematurity | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Tetanus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congenital defects | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Diarrhoea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Other or unknown | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 40 | 18 | |
