Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: A descriptive analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 238 203 live births in low- and middle-income settings from 2000 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to understand the mortality risks of vulnerable newborns (defined as preterm and/or born weighing smaller or larger compared to a standard population), in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Design

Descriptive multi-country, secondary analysis of individual-level study data of babies born since 2000.

Setting

Sixteen subnational, population-based studies from nine LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Eastern Asia, and Latin America.

Population

Live birth neonates.

Methods

We categorically defined five vulnerable newborn types based on size (large- or appropriate- or small-for-gestational age [LGA, AGA, SGA]), and term (T) and preterm (PT): T + LGA, T + SGA, PT + LGA, PT + AGA, and PT + SGA, with T + AGA (reference). A 10-type

SUBMITTER: Hazel EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12678067 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature