Table 6.

Comparison of key birth complications and caesarean sections (facility based) by year

		Intervention districts N=8			Control districts N=6
Variable and year	Births n=	n	Rate*	Births n=	n	Rate*
Premature birth (PB) and PB rate per 1000 births
2011†	147 287	3025	20.6	73 465	2095	28.6
2012	148 984	2424	16.3	78 845	1996	25.3
2013	155 425	3036	19.5	79 437	2065	26
Low birthweight (LBW) and LBW rate per 1000 births‡
2011†	147 287	2949	20.0	73 465	3723	50.7
2012	148 984	2968	20.0	78 845	3272	41.5
2013	155 425	4517	29.1	79 437	3042	38.3
Neonatal asphyxia (NA) and NA rate per 1000 births
2011†	147 287	2301	15.6	73 465	1425	19.4
2012	148 984	2704	18.2	78 845	2010	25.5
2013	155 425	4104	26.4	79 437	2710	34.1
Neonatal sepsis (NS) and NS rate per 1000 births
2011†	147 287	454	3.1	73 465	587	8.0
2012	148 984	707	4.8	78 845	415	5.3
2013	155 425	892	5.7	79 437	543	6.8
Vacuum extraction (VE) and VE rate per 1000 births
2011†	147 287	2056	14.0	73 465	691	9.4
2012	148 984	2165	10.2	78 845	1052	13.3
2013	155 425	5601	13.9	79 437	1235	15.6
Breech delivery (BD) and BD rate per 1000 births
2011†	147 287	2165	14.7	73 465	2166	29.5
2012	148 984	1603	10.8	78 845	1943	24.6
2013	155 425	2035	13.1	79 437	1618	20.4
Caesarean sections (CS) and CS percentage§
		n	%§		n	%§
2011†	147 287	5601	3.8	73 465	3923	5.3
2012	148 984	6319	4.2	78 845	3942	5.0
2013	155 425	9368	6.0	79 437	4163	5.2

*Rates are calculated as number of events divided by total births, multiplied by 1000.

†Missing data from one control district for the whole of 2011.

‡Birthweight <2500 g.

§Percentage=number of caesarean section/number births×100.