Table 1

NMRs in intervention and control communes and OR for neonatal death during the NeoKIP trial 2008–2011 and its follow-up 2013–2014

OutcomesBaselineNeoKIP trialFollow-up
2005Year 1
July 2008–June 2009
Year 2
July 2009–June 2010
Year 3
July 2010–June 2011
Year 6
July 2013–June 2014
InterventionControlInterventionControlInterventionControlInterventionControlInterventionControl
Live births3238301337603274400135904057369541613649
Neonatal deaths80707259765747784645
Early68575650614137553334
Late1213169151610231311
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)1.01.23(0.75 to 2.01)1.00.51(0.30 to 0.89)1.00.89(0.54 to 1.49)1.0
NMR for Vietnam†12.612.812.812.811.9
  • *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.