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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2022 Feb 24;386(8):757–767. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2101195

Table 2. Mortality risk by age group among singleton live births in the cohort-linked data, Brazil, 2015-2018.

Live births Live births with CZS Live births without CZS HR for mortality (95% CI)
Neonatal mortality (up to 27 days)  
Neonatal deaths 163 80,006 7.2 (6.2-8.4)
Deaths per 1,000 PY 696.5 (597.3 -812.0) 95.7 (95.0 - 96.3)
Post-neonatal mortality (28-364 days)  
Post-neonatal deaths 163 32,175 17.4 (14.9-20.3)
Deaths per 1,000 PY 59.4 (51.0 - 69.3) 3.5 (3.5 - 3.6)
Infant mortality (up to 364 days)  
Infant deaths 326 112,181 10.2 (9.1-11.3)
Deaths per 1,000 PY 109.2 (98.0 - 121.8) 11.3 (11.2 - 11.3)
Mortality after one year (12-36 months)  
Deaths after 1 year 72 8,448 21.9 (17.3-27.6)
Deaths per 1,000 PY 15.7(12.4-19.7) 0.7 (0.7-0.8)
Total mortality (up to 36 months)  
Total Deaths 398 120,629 11.3 (10.2-12.4)
Deaths per 1,000 PY 52.6 (47.6-58.0) 5.6 (5.6-5.7)

PY= person years

CZS = congenital Zika syndrome