Table 2 Distribution of background characteristics among children born at home in the last 5 years
|  | India 2015–16 | Bangladesh 2014 | Nepal 2016 | |||
% | N | % | N | % | N | |
Place of residence | ||||||
 Urban | 15.2 | 5230 | 17.7 | 501 | 40.5 | 617 |
 Rural | 84.8 | 29095 | 82.3 | 2335 | 59.5 | 905 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
 Lowest and second lowest | 74.4 | 25538 | 53.2 | 1509 | 59.9 | 912 |
 Middle | 14.0 | 4812 | 20.2 | 573 | 21.4 | 326 |
 Second highest and highest | 11.6 | 3974 | 26.6 | 754 | 18.7 | 284 |
Education | ||||||
 None | 53.7 | 18448 | 19.4 | 549 | 49.6 | 754 |
 Primary | 17.6 | 6038 | 33.3 | 945 | 23.6 | 359 |
 Secondary or higher | 28.7 | 9838 | 47.3 | 1341 | 26.8 | 408 |
Religion | ||||||
 Hindu | 71.3 | 24484 | 5.5 | 156 | 84.9 | 1,292 |
 Muslim, other | 28.7 | 9841 | 94.5 | 2680 | 15.1 | 230 |
Maternal age at birth | ||||||
 < 18 | 2.2 | 772 | 16 | 454 | 5.1 | 78 |
 18–34 | 89.2 | 30601 | 79.6 | 2259 | 88.4 | 1,345 |
 35 and older | 8.6 | 2952 | 4.3 | 123 | 6.5 | 98 |
Preceding birth interval | ||||||
 First birth | 16.0 | 5499 | 33.7 | 955 | 19 | 289 |
 Less than 2 years | 22.3 | 7644 | 8.4 | 237 | 17.7 | 269 |
 2 years or more | 61.7 | 21182 | 58 | 1644 | 63.3 | 964 |
Previous child under 5 die | ||||||
 No | 84.4 | 28978 | 88.1 | 2498 | 86.2 | 1,311 |
 Yes | 15.6 | 5347 | 11.9 | 338 | 13.8 | 210 |
Antenatal care | ||||||
 Less than 4 visits | 76.2 | 26166 | 79.1 | 2243 | 51.6 | 785 |
 4 or more visits | 23.8 | 8159 | 20.9 | 593 | 48.4 | 736 |
Tetanusa | ||||||
 Not fully protected | 18.9 | 6476 | n/a |  | 17.1 | 260 |
 Fully protected | 81.1 | 27849 |  |  | 82.9 | 1,261 |
Size at birth | ||||||
 Normal or Large | 82.3 | 28234 | 78.9 | 2236 | 82.7 | 1,258 |
 Small or very small | 17.7 | 6090 | 21.1 | 600 | 17.3 | 264 |
Gender of child | ||||||
 Female | 46.5 | 15956 | 48.2 | 1368 | 45.3 | 690 |
 Male | 53.5 | 18369 | 51.8 | 1468 | 54.7 | 832 |
Skilled attendant at birth | ||||||
 No | 78.3 | 26873 | 91.8 | 2602 | 93.1 | 1,417 |
 Yes | 21.7 | 7451 | 8.2 | 233 | 6.9 | 105 |
PNC in 2 days | ||||||
 No | 83.3 | 28578 | 61.4 | 1740 | 87.2 | 1,327 |
 Yes | 16.7 | 5747 | 38.6 | 1096 | 12.8 | 194 |
Died the first 28 days | ||||||
 No | 97.5 | 33453 | 98.1 | 2783 | 98.7 | 1,501 |
 Yes | 2.5 | 871 | 1.9 | 53 | 1.3 | 20 |
Total | 100.0 | 34324 | 100.0 | 2836 | 100.0 | 1,521 |
Mortality analysis | ||||||
|  | India 2015–16 | Bangladesh 2014 and Nepal 2016 | ||||
Number of excluded casesb | 592 | 99 | ||||
Number of deaths on days 1–28 | 555 | 34 | ||||
Total for mortality analysis | 33733 | 4115 | ||||