Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Table 3 Vital status at birth for neonatal deaths and stillbirths using FBH+/FPH and additional questions

		Vital status assessed using additional questions: ‘Did THIS BABY cry, move, or breathe at birth, even a little?’ if no/unsure ‘was he/she born dead’?
Vital status assessed using FPH or FBH+	Total	Livebirth	Stillbirth	Don’t know	% discordant answers
FPH ‘Was the baby born alive, born dead, or lost before full term’
‘Born Alive’	762	735	21^a	6	2.8%
‘Born Dead’	552	116	428	8	21.0%
‘Lost before full term’	183	53	113	16	28.9%
FBH+ livebirths and pregnancies that ‘miscarried, were aborted, or ended in a stillbirth’ as reported
Livebirth	766	731	26^b	8	3.4%
Pregnancies reported as ‘miscarried, were aborted, or ended in a stillbirth’	708	174	509	25	24.6%

Bold text indicates discordant response between FBH+/FPH roster and additional questions. Includes only births in the 5 years preceding the EN-INDEPTH survey
^aOf the 21 babies reported to have been born alive in the FPH roster (neonatal deaths), but reported as ‘born dead’ with the additional questions (re-classified as stillbirths): 6 were day 0 neonatal deaths, 11 day 1 deaths and 3 were reported to have died on day 2–6, with 1 death on day 8
^bOf the 26 babies reported to have been born alive in the FBH+ roster (neonatal deaths), but reported as ‘born dead’ with the additional questions (re-classified as stillbirths): 11 were day 0 neonatal deaths, 9 day 1 deaths and 3 were reported to have died on day 2–6, with 1 further death on days 7, 15 and 24 respectively

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