Table 1.

Study populations in descending order of neonatal mortality rate

						InterVA disease prevalence settings
Study site and area description	Cluster definition	Clusters included	Period of mortality surveillance	VA completion rate as proportion of recorded neonatal deaths (reference)	Estimated % institutional births during data collection	Malaria	HIV
Ekjut—rural India: three rural districts in Jharkhand (Saraikela Kharsawan, West Singhbhum) and Odisha (Keonjhar)22	8–10 villages with residents classified as tribal/scheduled caste or other backward caste: average population 6338	18	Aug 2005–Jul 2008	98%22	20%22	High	Very low
SNEHA—urban India: six municipal wards in Mumbai21	Slum area: population ∼1000 residents	24	Oct 2005–Feb 2010	60%44	87%21	Low	Very low
Dhanusha—rural Nepal: district excluding Janakpur municipality26	Village development committee: population ∼8000	30	Jun 2006–Apr 2011	70% (51)	26%63	Very low	Very low
Makwanpur—rural Nepal: village development committee areas in Makwanpur district23	Village development committee: population ∼7000	12	Apr 2001–Oct 2008	98%*	2%23	Very low	Very low
(PCP—rural Bangladesh: nine unions in three rural districts (Bogra, Faridpur and Moulavibazar)17 18	Union (lowest administrative unit): population 25 000–30 000	9	Nov 2004–Jul 2011	83%17 18	16%–28%17 18	Very low	Very low
MaiMwana—rural Malawi: Mchinji district19 29	Census enumeration area: population ∼3000	24	Jun 2004–Jan 2011	92%*	37%–44%19	High	High
MaiKhanda—rural Malawi: three districts in central region (Kasungu, Lilongwe and Salima)20	Health centre catchment area: population ∼30 000	31 (sample of 4000 from each cluster)	Jun 2007–Dec 2010	86%30	50%–67%20	High	High

*Estimated from available data.

PCP, Perinatal Care Project; SNEHA, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action; VA, verbal autopsies.