Table 7.

Relative risk of neonatal death (< 28 day) by Global Network Region and newborn characteristics for infants born alive and ≥ 2500 g, 2010–2018

	Adjusted RR for neonatal mortality for infants ≥ 2500 g (95% CI)a
	Africa		South Asia		Central America
	Zambia/Kenya	DRC	India	Pakistan	Guatemala
Preterm	2.02 (1.57, 2.59)	1.33 (0.99, 1.79)	1.62 (1.33, 1.98)	3.09 (2.84, 3.36)	1.35 (1.16, 1.56)
Birthweight
2500–2700 g	2.55 (1.96, 3.33)	1.14 (0.84, 1.55)	1.43 (1.17, 1.75)	3.95 (3.48, 4.49)	1.06 (0.79, 1.43)
2701–3000 g	1.61 (1.36, 1.90)	1.08 (0.80, 1.46)	1.12 (0.94, 1.34)	2.53 (2.16, 2.96)	1.16 (0.98, 1.38)
3001–3500 g	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
> 3500 g	1.57 (1.29, 1.92)	1.50 (1.02, 2.21)	1.12 (0.75, 1.66)	1.05 (0.82, 1.33)	1.71 (1.41, 2.07)
Not placed on mother's chest after delivery	2.44 (1.93, 3.09)	3.43 (1.75, 6.72)	3.18 (2.54, 4.00)	1.18 (0.95, 1.47)	1.87 (1.62, 2.17)
Multiple Birth	3.51 (2.67, 4.60)	3.40 (2.00, 5.76)	1.45 (0.74, 2.83)	0.93 (0.51, 1.70)	1.85 (0.91, 3.80)
Gender
Male	1.25 (1.06, 1.47)	1.34 (1.08, 1.67)	1.33 (1.19, 1.48)	1.20 (1.08, 1.34)	1.29 (1.18, 1.41)
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Congenital anomaly	36.51 (20.67, 64.46)	49.79 (6.71, 369.67)	101.00 (75.32, 135.43)	9.66 (7.12, 13.10)	21.93 (15.86, 30.32)
Hospitalization	10.01 (4.39, 22.82)	38.70 (20.80, 71.99)	66.43 (45.04, 97.97)	57.27 (46.58, 70.41)	25.96 (18.67, 36.12)
Resuscitation with bag and mask, N (%)	18.55 (14.38, 23.92)	48.24 (36.86, 63.14)	29.60 (22.37, 39.16)	6.57 (5.80, 7.45)	13.29 (10.87, 16.26)

^aRelative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals from log-binomial models with generalized estimating equations to account for the correlation of outcomes within cluster. Neonatal mortality is modeled for each factor independently, accounting for site and the interaction of factor and site. Presented RR (95% CI) are for the interaction of factor and site to capture site-specific RRs