Table 4.
Unadjusted risk of poor neonatal outcomes among infants whose mothers received an injection during delivery
| Outcome | No injection during labor | Injection during labor | RR | 95% CI | ||||
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| Total no. of live births | No. of cases | Rate per 1000 | Total no. of live births | No. of cases | Rate per 1000 | |||
| Neonatal respiratory depression | 15 167 | 2135 | 140.8 | 7012 | 2229 | 317.9 | 2.26 | 2.14–2.38 |
| Intrapartum-related neonatal respiratory depression | 15 167 | 1633 | 107.7 | 7012 | 1832 | 261.3 | 2.43 | 2.28–2.58 |
| Moderate–severe neonatal encephalopathy | 14 655 | 317 | 21.6 | 6756 | 210 | 31.1 | 1.44 | 1.21–1.71 |
| Intrapartum-related moderate–severe neonatal encephalopathy | 14 678 | 109 | 7.4 | 6796 | 181 | 26.6 | 3.59 | 2.83–4.54 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; RR, relative risk.