title: Neonatal mortality in Meerut district.
abstract: A study of neonatal mortality in Meerut district revealed an infant mortality rate of 50.1 per 1000 live births. Neonatal mortality accounted for 37.8% of infant mortality with a neonatal mortality rate of 19.0 per 1000 live births. 90.5% of these neonates were delivered at home largely by untrained personnel (57.2%). Only 28.6% of these neonates were treated by qualified doctors and only 30.9% of their mothers were fully immunized against tetanus. At least 2/3rd of neonatal mortality was due to exogenous factors with tetanus neonatorum and septicaemia being the principal causes of mortality each accounting for a mortality rate of 4.7 per 1000 live births.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of S.P.M., Medical College, Meerut.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn