Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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

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