Table 2.

Sources of data for causes of neonatal deaths around the year 2005

	Countries	% of neonatal deaths
Vital registration (>90% coverage  and comparable ICD 10 coding)	45	3
Facility-based audit or confidential  enquiry (>90% coverage)	Many northern European countries	<1
No available national data		–
Estimated from model for low  mortality countries based on vital  registration data	37
Estimated from model for high  mortality countries based on  special study data	111
Nationally representative sample  surveillance sites	2 (India and China in process with neonatal Verbal Autopsy)	–
Demographic surveillance sites and  special studies e.g. INDEPTH  network in Africa	Subnational and currently not suitable for national estimates	–

Data from Lawn et al.¹⁸.