Table 1 Country-specific birthweight and early neonatal mortality distribution of singleton liveborn births
Countries | Number of facilities | Number of newborns | Birthweight (g) | Early Neonatal Mortality (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SD) | < 1500 (%) | < 2500 (%) | ||||
Total | 344 | 205,648 | 2902 | (413) | 1.0 | 12.0 | 0.8 |
Africa | 118 | 52,603 | 2935 | (389) | 0.8 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
Algeria | 18 | 7516 | 3025 | (390) | 1.0 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
Angola | 15 | 3920 | 2903 | (405) | 1.2 | 11.8 | 0.5 |
Congo | 21 | 6767 | 2874 | (392) | 0.6 | 14.4 | 1.0 |
Kenya | 20 | 13,586 | 2921 | (395) | 1.0 | 9.7 | 1.8 |
Niger | 11 | 6526 | 2906 | (381) | 0.5 | 11.6 | 0.4 |
Nigeria | 21 | 5704 | 2932 | (380) | 0.9 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
Uganda | 12 | 8584 | 2964 | (363) | 0.6 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
Asia | 112 | 85,222 | 2838 | (406) | 0.8 | 14.2 | 0.7 |
Cambodia | 5 | 4457 | 2897 | (383) | 0.8 | 9.3 | 1.1 |
China | 21 | 9357 | 3045 | (332) | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
India | 20 | 22,008 | 2653 | (405) | 1.2 | 22.1 | 1.1 |
Nepal | 8 | 6852 | 2786 | (386) | 0.5 | 13.7 | 0.9 |
Philippines | 17 | 11,732 | 2819 | (419) | 1.3 | 16.2 | 1.1 |
Sri Lanka | 14 | 13,191 | 2846 | (381) | 0.6 | 15.5 | 0.2 |
Thailand | 12 | 8068 | 2939 | (380) | 0.7 | 10.8 | 0.4 |
Viet Nam | 15 | 9557 | 2997 | (335) | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
Latin America | 114 | 67,823 | 2958 | (428) | 1.4 | 10.8 | 0.7 |
Argentina | 14 | 6661 | 2975 | (453) | 1.9 | 11.0 | 0.5 |
Brazil | 19 | 10,955 | 2956 | (437) | 1.5 | 11.6 | 0.8 |
Cuba | 17 | 8300 | 3013 | (379) | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
Ecuador | 14 | 9666 | 2898 | (432) | 1.5 | 12.4 | 0.7 |
Mexico | 21 | 15,716 | 2932 | (429) | 1.5 | 11.6 | 0.6 |
Nicaragua | 6 | 4271 | 2946 | (384) | 0.7 | 9.5 | 1.0 |
Paraguay | 6 | 2001 | 2990 | (442) | 1.6 | 10.4 | 1.1 |
Peru | 17 | 10,253 | 2997 | (438) | 1.7 | 9.8 | 1.0 |