Table 1.
Sources of data for numbers and rates of neonatal deaths around the year 2005
| Countries | % of world’s births |
|
|---|---|---|
| Vital registration | 81 | 27 |
| Population-based survey | ||
| Since 2003 | 41 | 39 |
| Before 2003 | 48 | 29 |
| No available data (estimates based on regression on under-five mortality) |
33 | 5 |
| Nationally representative sample surveillance sites |
2 (India and China in process) | – |
| Demographic surveillance sites e.g. INDEPTH network in Africa |
Subnational and currently not suitable for national estimates |
– |