Table 2.
Numbers of pregnancies, live births, stillbirths, early neonatal deaths and late neonatal deaths in Multiple Micronutrient (MMN) and control groups in each study
| Country | Stillbirths | Early neonatal deaths | Late neonatal deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Control N pregnancies (n stillbirths) |
MMN N pregnancies (n stillbirths) |
Control N live births (n deaths) |
MMN N live births (n deaths) |
Control N neonates surviving after one week (n deaths) |
MMN N children surviving after one week (n deaths) |
|
| Bangladesh11 | 1218 (31) | 1194 (27) | 1187 (20) | 1167 (24) | 1167 (2) | 1143 (5) |
| China12 | 1529 (30) | 1508 (39) | 1499 (10) | 1469 (15) | 1489 (6) | 1454 (3) |
|
Indonesia
(Indramayu)13 |
792 (13) | 806 (13) | 779 (18) | 793 (14) | 761 (3) | 779 (2) |
|
Indonesia (Lombok)14 |
14170 (259) | 14473 (239) | 13911 (241) | 14234 (228) | 13670 (86) | 14006 (81) |
| Nepal (Sarlahi)15 | 792 (28) | 907 (47) | 764 (20) | 860 (29) | 744 (8) | 831 (15) |
|
Nepal (Janakpur)16 |
568 (18) | 571 (15) | 550 (5) | 556 (13) | 545 (6) | 543 (4) |
| Pakistan17 | 898 (48) | 813 (50) | 850 (20) | 763 (33) | 830 (13) | 730 (10) |
| Burkina Faso18 | 604 (9) | 607 (15) | 595 (3) | 592 (5) | 592 (1) | 587 (2) |
| Guinea Bissau19 | 547 (30) | 544 (19) | 517 (9) | 525 (13) | 508 (2) | 512 (1) |
| Niger20 | 1381 (45) | 1515 (57) | - | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe21 | 358 (2) | 357 (4) | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico22 | 302 (4) | 309 (5) | - | - | - | - |