Table 1. Criteria for selecting neonatal near miss according to health service system: public and private. Recife, 2012.
| Health system | Total | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Number of cases | 1,887 | 89.9% | 211 | 10.1 | 2,098 | 100 | |
| Near miss cases selected only by 5th-minute Apgar <7 | 188 | 10.0 | 25 | 11.8 | 213 | 10.2 | 0.39* |
| Near miss cases selected only by GA <33 weeks | 77 | 4.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 87 | 4.1 | 0.70* |
| Near miss cases selected only by birth weight <1,750 g | 332 | 17.6 | 36 | 17.1 | 368 | 17.5 | 0.90* |
| Near miss cases selected by birth weight < 1,750 g and 5th-minute Apgar <7 | 18 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 19 | 0.9 | 0.48* |
| Near miss cases selected by birth weight < 1,750 g and GA <33 weeks | 821 | 43.5 | 97 | 46.0 | 918 | 43.8 | 0.49* |
| Near miss cases selected by 5th-minute Apgar <7 and GA <33 weeks | 77 | 4.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 87 | 4.1 | 0.65* |
| Near miss cases selected by all three criteria | 81 | 4.3 | 4 | 1.9 | 85 | 4.1 | 0.05* |
GA: gestational age; *binomial test for two proportions.