Neonatal mortality risk for vulnerable newborn types in 15 countries using 125.5 million nationwide birth outcome records, 2000-2020.
Lorena Suárez-IduetaHannah BlencoweYemisrach Behailu OkwarajiJudith YargawaEllen BradleyAdrienne GordonVicki J FlenadyEnny Santos da PaixãoMaurício Lima BarretoSarka LisonkovaQi WenPetr VelebilJitka JírováErzsébet Horváth-PuhóHenrik Toft SorensenLuule SakkeusLiili AbuladzeKhalid A YunisAyah Al BizriArturo BarrancoLisa BroedersAimée E van DijkFawziya AlyafeiTawa O OlukadeNeda RazazJonas SöderlingDavid J FieldElizabeth S DraperEstelle LowryNeil RowlandRachael WoodKirsten MonteathIsabel Pereyra-GonzálezGabriella PraviaEric O OhumaJoy E Lawnnull nullPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)
Preterm newborn types were the most vulnerable, and associated with the highest mortality, particularly with co-existence of preterm and SGA. As PT + AGA is more prevalent, it is responsible for the greatest burden of neonatal deaths at population level.