Clinical characteristics of study population (>1000 g) in pre-implementation and post-implementation period (pre: n=216 030 births; n=5043 perinatal deaths; post: 111 526 births; n=2486 perinatal deaths)
| Characteristic | Pre-implementation period | Post-implementation period | ||
| Live births, n (%) | Perinatal deaths, n (%) | Live births, n (%) | Perinatal deaths, n (%) | |
| Pregnancy | ||||
| Single pregnancy | 213 222 (98.7) | 3636 (72.1) | 110 076 (98.7) | 1738 (69.9) |
| Multiple pregnancy | 2808 (1.3) | 237 (4.7) | 1450 (1.3) | 142 (5.7) |
| Unknown/missing | 0 (0.0) | 1170 (23.2) | 0 (0.0) | 606 (24.4) |
| Parity | ||||
| Primipara | 69 993 (32.4) | 1427 (28.3) | 34 462 (30.9) | 654 (26.3) |
| Multipara | 131 994 (61.1) | 2274 (45.1) | 70 261 (63.0) | 1139 (45.8) |
| Grand multipara | 9721 (4.5) | 247 (4.9) | 5911 (5.3) | 142 (5.7) |
| Unknown/missing | 4322 (2.0) | 1095 (21.7) | 892 (0.8) | 551 (22.2) |
| Birth method | ||||
| Normal vaginal | 171 096 (79.2) | N/A | 86 433 (77.5) | N/A |
| Assisted vaginal | 1512 (0.7) | N/A | 1004 (0.9) | N/A |
| C-section | 39 533 (18.3) | N/A | 22 305 (20.0) | N/A |
| Unknown/missing | 3889 (1.8) | N/A | 1784 (1.6) | N/A |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| <18 | 18 147 (8.4) | 449 (8.9) | 8253 (7.4) | 167 (6.7) |
| 18–19 | 23 115 (10.7) | 373 (7.4) | 11 041 (9.9) | 191 (7.7) |
| 20–34 | 150 789 (69.8) | 3671 (72.8) | 79 072 (70.9) | 1832 (73.7) |
| 35+ | 23 979 (11.1) | 550 (10.9) | 13 160 (11.8) | 296 (11.9) |
| HIV | ||||
| Positive | 71 290 (33) | 1372 (27.2) | 36 357 (32.6) | 659 (26.5) |
| Negative | 142 148 (65.8) | 2395 (47.5) | 74 611 (66.9) | 1181 (47.5) |
| Unknown/missing | 2592 (1.2) | 1276 (25.3) | 558 (0.5) | 646 (26) |
N/A, not available.