Causes of neonatal and maternal deaths in Dhaka slums: Implications for service delivery

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Lay perception regarding causes of deaths in neonatal period

Lay perception of cause of neonatal deaths	N (%)
Supernatural causes (Evil eye/spirit, Alga batas)	60 (23.1)
Premature birth	23 (8.8)
Cold	22 (8.5)
Low birth weight	16 (6.2)
Pneumonia	14 (5.4)
Wrong process of delivery	13 (5.0)
Other causes*	112 (43.1)

*Other causes included fever, jaundice, twin could not live alone, God knows, vomiting, unable to provide treatment, lack of good quality of treatment at hospital, experience of violence during pregnancy by mother

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