Effect of weekly vitamin A supplementation on neonatal deaths by cause of death; intention-to-treat analyses, all live births from 1 June 2003 to 30 September 2008
| Placebo | Vitamin A | |
| All live births (n) | 31 164 | 31 498 |
| Total neonatal deaths | 984 | 941 |
| Infection | ||
| Infection-specific deaths (n) | 218 | 224 |
| Infection-specific deaths/1000 live births | 7.00 | 7.11 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.02 (0.84 to 1.23) |
| p Value | – | 0.86 |
| Prematurity | ||
| Prematurity-specific deaths (n) | 149 | 132 |
| Prematurity-specific deaths/1000 live births | 4.78 | 4.19 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 0.88 (0.68 to 1.14) |
| p Value | – | 0.33 |
| Asphyxia | ||
| Asphyxia-specific deaths (n) | 284 | 284 |
| Asphyxia-specific deaths/1000 live births | 9.11 | 9.02 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.83 to 1.19) |
| p Value | – | 0.95 |
| Other deaths† | ||
| Other deaths (n) | 128 | 117 |
| Other specific deaths/1000 live births | 4.11 | 3.71 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 0.89 (0.69 to 1.17) |
| p Value | – | 0.41 |
| Unexplained | ||
| Unexplained deaths (n) | 175 | 156 |
| Unexplained deaths/1000 live births | 5.62 | 4.95 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 0.88 (0.71 to 1.10) |
| p Value | – | 0.26 |
| Cause of death not ascertained | ||
| Unascertained deaths (n) | 30 | 28 |
| Unascertained deaths/1000 live births | 0.96 | 0.89 |
| Adjusted OR* (95% CI) | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.55 to 1.55) |
| p Value | – | 0.76 |