Table 3

Impact on disease specific mortality for each level of neonatal care implemented

No interventionLevel I careLevel 2 careP value
Deaths/admissions (%)Deaths/admissions (%)Deaths/admissions (%)Pre v. level 1Level 1 v. level 2
Preterm24/37 (64.9)51/119 (42.9)130/467 (27.8)0.0020.027
Sepsis56/136 (41.2)125/370 (33.8)76/904 (8.4)0.307<0.001
HIE12/27 (44.4)49/73 (67.1)126/351 (35.9)0.001<0.001
  • Pre v. level 1=preintervention versus level 1; level 1 v. level 2=level 1 versus level 2.

  • HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.