Study populations in descending order of neonatal mortality rate
| InterVA disease prevalence settings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study site and area description | Cluster definition | Clusters included | Period of mortality surveillance | VA completion rate as proportion of recorded neonatal deaths (reference) | Estimated % institutional births during data collection | Malaria | HIV |
| Ekjut—rural India: three rural districts in Jharkhand (Saraikela Kharsawan, West Singhbhum) and Odisha (Keonjhar)22 | 8–10 villages with residents classified as tribal/scheduled caste or other backward caste: average population 6338 | 18 | Aug 2005–Jul 2008 | 98%22 | 20%22 | High | Very low |
| SNEHA—urban India: six municipal wards in Mumbai21 | Slum area: population ∼1000 residents | 24 | Oct 2005–Feb 2010 | 60%44 | 87%21 | Low | Very low |
| Dhanusha—rural Nepal: district excluding Janakpur municipality26 | Village development committee: population ∼8000 | 30 | Jun 2006–Apr 2011 | 70% (51) | 26%63 | Very low | Very low |
| Makwanpur—rural Nepal: village development committee areas in Makwanpur district23 | Village development committee: population ∼7000 | 12 | Apr 2001–Oct 2008 | 98%* | 2%23 | Very low | Very low |
| (PCP—rural Bangladesh: nine unions in three rural districts (Bogra, Faridpur and Moulavibazar)17 18 | Union (lowest administrative unit): population 25 000–30 000 | 9 | Nov 2004–Jul 2011 | 83%17 18 | 16%–28%17 18 | Very low | Very low |
| MaiMwana—rural Malawi: Mchinji district19 29 | Census enumeration area: population ∼3000 | 24 | Jun 2004–Jan 2011 | 92%* | 37%–44%19 | High | High |
| MaiKhanda—rural Malawi: three districts in central region (Kasungu, Lilongwe and Salima)20 | Health centre catchment area: population ∼30 000 | 31 (sample of 4000 from each cluster) | Jun 2007–Dec 2010 | 86%30 | 50%–67%20 | High | High |
*Estimated from available data.
PCP, Perinatal Care Project; SNEHA, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action; VA, verbal autopsies.