Life Saving Rate of Low Weight Birth Child Calculation

Inputs:
1. Prevalence of Low Birth Weight (%)	5
2. Births per year	1000000
3. Neonatal Death rate (deaths <1 month/1000 live births)	10
Assumptions:
1. Cost of LBW-related neonatal care for infants born in health facilities ($/LBW neonate)	209
2. Proportion of LBW births occurring in health facilities	0.1
3. Cost of LBW-related neonatal care for infants born at home (as proportion of facility costs)	0.1
4. Cost of additional post neonatal LBW-related care for infants and children ($/LBW infant)	40
Intermediate results:
1. Cost of LBW-related neonatal care for infants born in health facilities ($/year)	1045000
2. Cost of LBW-related neonatal care for infants born at home ($/year)	940500
Results:
1. Cost of LBW-related neonatal care ($/year)	1985500
2. Cost of LBW-related post neonatal care ($/year)	1980000
3. Total cost of LBW-related infant and child medical care ($/year)	3965500

Babies Deaths Rate Calculation Due to Low Birth Weight

INSTRUCTIONS:
*  Low Birth weight
Inputs:
1. Prevalence of Low Birth Weight (%)	10
2. Births per year	1000000
3. Neonatal Death rate (deaths <1 month/1000 live births)	10
4. Infant Death rate (deaths <1 year/1000 live births)	25
Assumptions:
1. Relative risk of neonatal death of LBW v non-LBW infants	4
2. Relative risk of post-neonatal infant death of LBW v non-LBW infants	2
Intermediate results:
1. Neonatal deaths per year	10000
2. Infant deaths per year	25000
3. Percentage of neonatal deaths attributable to LBW	0.231
4. Percentage of post neonatal infant deaths attributable to LBW	0.091
Results:
1. Number of neonatal deaths attributable to LBW	2308
2. Number of post neonatal infant deaths attributable  to LBW	1364
3. Number of infant deaths attributable to LBW	3671
4. Percentage of infant deaths attributable to LBW	14.7