Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study

Nareeba, Tryphena; Dzabeng, Francis; Alam, Nurul; Biks, Gashaw A.; Thysen, Sanne M.; Akuze, Joseph; Blencowe, Hannah; Helleringer, Stephane; Lawn, Joy E.; Mahmud, Kaiser; Yitayew, Temesgen Azemeraw; Fisker, Ane B.

doi:10.1186/s12963-020-00232-1

Population Health Metrics

Table 2 Summary of EN-INDEPTH and HDSS data for children born to interviewed women

From: Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study

	Bandim (Guinea-Bissau)		Dabat (Ethiopia)		IgangaMayuge (Uganda)		Matlab (Bangladesh)		Kintampo (Ghana)
	Survey	HDSS	Survey	HDSS	Survey	HDSS	Survey	HDSS	Survey	HDSS
Number of women interviewed	9492		12,593		13,437		21,462		12,192
Number of women with children contributing survival information (% of interviewed)^a	9319 (99%)	9184 (97%)	7781 (87%)	4933 (55%)	6901 (84%)	5929 (86%)	20,484 (97%)	20,446 (95%)	12,083 (99%)	11,633 (96%)
Number of children contributing survival time^a	18,423	16,191	16,029	7999	16,044	12,401	32,308	31,992	27,013	15,185
Number of under-five deaths^a	766	753	390	166	477	352	717	668	714	396
Number of infant deaths^a	624	636	326	122	350	216	554	500	494	285
Number of neonatal deaths^a	432	480	212	68	225	150	451	403	302	177
Ratio of HDSS/survey births	0.88		0.50		0.77		0.99		0.56
Ratio of HDSS/survey deaths	0.98		0.43		0.74		0.93		0.55
Ratio of ratios^b	1.12		0.85		0.95		0.94		0.99
Number of women interviewed stating to have lived in area > 5 years	5895 (62%)		11476 (91%)		11854 (88%)		16252 (76%)		11084 (91%)
Number of women with children contributing survival information (% of interviewed)^a	5773 (98%)	5706 (97%)	7160 (62%)	4671 (41%)	5714 (48%)	5011 (42%)	15570 (96%)	15556 (96%)	10986 (99%)	10566 (95%)
Number of children contributing survival time^a	12,013	11,103	15,043	7,665	13,588	10,866	26,003	25,836	24,680	13,888
Number of under-five deaths^a	489	526	351	158	382	322	525	509	643	371
Number of infant deaths^a	403	433	289	114	266	194	391	363	443	265
Number of neonatal deaths^a	276	317	184	61	167	134	308	282	271	162
Ratio of HDSS/survey births	0.92		0.51		0.80		0.99		0.56
Ratio of HDSS/survey deaths	1.08		0.45		0.84		0.97		0.58
Ratio of ratios^b	1.16		0.88		1.05		0.98		1.03

^aDuring the past 5 years. Note that the sampling frame differed by HDSS site, among all women with a registered birth outcome in the past 5 years in Bandim, Matlab and Kintampo, but among all women in Dabat and IgangaMayuge
^bRatio of HDSS deaths/survey deaths divided by ratio of HDSS births/survey births

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