Outcomes | Baseline | NeoKIP trial | Follow-up | |||||||
2005 | Year 1 July 2008–June 2009 | Year 2 July 2009–June 2010 | Year 3 July 2010–June 2011 | Year 6 July 2013–June 2014 | ||||||
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
Live births | 3238 | 3013 | 3760 | 3274 | 4001 | 3590 | 4057 | 3695 | 4161 | 3649 |
Neonatal deaths | 80 | 70 | 72 | 59 | 76 | 57 | 47 | 78 | 46 | 45 |
Early | 68 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 61 | 41 | 37 | 55 | 33 | 34 |
Late | 12 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
NMR (95% CI) | 24.8 (20.0 to 30.7) | 23.2 (18.4 to 29.3) | 19.1 (15.2 to 24.0) | 18.0 (14.0 to 23.2) | 19.0 (15.2 to 23.7) | 15.9 (12.3 to 20.5) | 11.6 (8.7 to 15.4) | 21.1 (17.0 to 26.3) | 11.1 (8.1 to 14.7) | 12.3 (9.0 to 16.4) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | – | – | 1.08(0.66 to 1.77) | 1.0 | 1.23(0.75 to 2.01) | 1.0 | 0.51(0.30 to 0.89) | 1.0 | 0.89(0.54 to 1.49) | 1.0 |
NMR for Vietnam† | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
*Adjusted for cluster-randomisation, general linear mixed models (binomial).
†Yearly averages of NMR for Vietnam based on estimates by Unicef, WHO, UN Population Division and World Bank.26 The periods July–June show the average of two included calendar years.
Early, early neonatal deaths, day 1–7; Late, late neonatal deaths, day 8–28; NMR, neonatal mortality rate, deaths first 28 days per 1000 live births.