Table 3.
Ten countries with highest burden of neonatal mortality attributable to infants born small for gestational age (SGA)
| No of live births (1000s) | Neonatal mortality rate* 2012 | Preterm birth rate 2012 (%) | Prevalence of SGA (%) | No of attributable neonatal deaths (1000s) | Population attributable fraction† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term SGA | Preterm SGA | All SGA | ||||||
| 1 India | 25 000 | 30.9 | 13.1 | 36.5 | 126.3 | 76 | 202.3 | 26.0 |
| 2 Pakistan | 4800 | 42.2 | 15.8 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 22.9 | 53.7 | 26.5 |
| 3 Nigeria | 6800 | 39.2 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 45.8 | 6.0 | 51.8 | 19.4 |
| 4 Bangladesh | 3100 | 24.4 | 14.1 | 30.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 18.3 | 24.2 |
| 5 China | 19 000 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 9.6 |
| 6 Indonesia | 4800 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 19.9 |
| 7 Ethiopia | 3000 | 29.0 | 10.2 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 1.6 | 22.4 | 25.5 |
| 8 Philippines | 2300 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 25.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 22.7 |
| 9 DR Congo | 2700 | 43.5 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 2.6 | 21.7 | 18.3 |
| 10 Sudan | 1200 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 28.0 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 28.7 |
*Per 1000 live births.
†% of neonatal deaths attributable to SGA.