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Neonatal mortality by place of delivery in São Paulo, Brazil
  1. MARCIA FURQUIM DE ALMEIDA,
  2. L C RODRIGUES,
  3. G PEREIRA ALENCAR,
  4. H M DUTILH NOVAES
  1. Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av Dr Arnaldo 715, São Paulo SP, CEP 01246-904, Brazil
  1. Professor Furquim de Almeida (marfural{at}usp.br)

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.54.11.879

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    Editor,—In São Paulo, Brazil, 0.6% of all births do not occur in a hospital. Although neonatal mortality in home deliveries in the UK is higher than that in hospital deliveries, it is accepted that home births consist of two different groups: those who planned to deliver at home with higher average birth weight and low neonatal mortality, and those who either booked a hospital delivery or did not book, with lower birth weight and extremely high neonatal mortality.1 In São Paulo, …

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