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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct 1;207(6):478.e1–478.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.029

Table 3.

Prevalence of asphyxia and neonatal death by hospital volume, among non-anomalous live births

			Hospital volume category (deliveries/year)
Non-rural			1 (50 – 1199)	2 (1200 – 2399)	3 (2400 – 3599)	4 (≥3600)
	Asphyxia (per 10,000)	All births	20	19	12	11^*
	Asphyxia (per 10,000)	Excl. PTB, LBW	18	17	10	9^*
	Neonatal death (per 10,000)	All births	12	20	21	23^†
	Neonatal death (per 10,000)	Excl. PTB, LBW	2	3	2	3
Rural			R1 (50 –599)	R2 (600 – 1699)	R3 (≥1700)
	Asphyxia (per 10,000)	All births	40	15	8^*
	Asphyxia (per 10,000)	Excl. PTB, LBW	34	11	7^*
	Neonatal death (per 10,000)	All births	17	22	30
	Neonatal death (per 10,000)	Excl. PTB, LBW	5	3	6

LBW: low birthweight; PTB: preterm birth

^†

P<0.05 for chi-square test

P<0.001 for chi-square test