After we excluded four stillborns who died before labour but whose mothers still chose home birth, and three babies with fatal birth defects, five
deaths were intrapartum and six occurred
during the
neonatal period (see box).
During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.
During that time the
death rate in labour or the
neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those
deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care
during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.
during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).
Africa, however, had the smallest reductions in child morality rates
during that 25 - year
period and still has the highest
neonatal morality rate of 28
deaths per 1,000 live births.