Table 2.
Comparison of pre and post intervention in vital characteristics
| Characteristics | Pre intervention | Post intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention areas | Control areas | p-value | Intervention areas | Control areas | p-value | |
| Live births | 846 | 854 | 833 | 842 | ||
| Total births | 871 | 875 | 849 | 863 | ||
| Still births | 25 | 21 | 16 | 21 | ||
| Perinatal deaths | 41 | 45 | 30 | 48 | ||
| Early Neonatal deaths | 16 | 24 | 14 | 27 | ||
| Neonatal deaths | 22 | 34 | 19 | 33 | ||
| Infant deaths | 26 | 37 | 10 | 27 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1000 total births | 47.1 | 51.4 | 0.76 | 35.3 | 55.6 | 0.02 |
| Early Neonatal Mortality Rate per 1000 live births | 19.0 | 28.1 | 0.24 | 16.8 | 32.1 | 0.02 |
| Neonatal Mortality Rate per 1000 live births | 26.0 | 39.8 | 0.13 | 22.8 | 39.2 | 0.03 |