Does the safe childbirth checklist (SCC) program save newborn lives? Evidence from a realistic quasi-experimental study, Rajasthan, India

Table 3 Maternal and newborn characteristics of study population

Category	Intervention	Comparison	P values
Total Births	77,239 (56%)	59,800 (44%)	< 0∙001
Facility Type			< 0∙001
District Hospital	44,224 (57%)	31,532 (53%)
Maternal mean age in years [SD]	24∙35 (3∙42)	24∙43 (3∙52)	< 0∙001
Gestational mean age in weeks [SD]	37∙54 (1∙48)	37∙54 (1∙11)	0∙066
Type of delivery			0∙976
Vaginal	72,602 (94%)	56,383 (94%)
Sex			0∙054
Male	40,256 (52%)	30,773 (51%)
Parity			< 0∙001
Nulliparous	24,634 (31.8%)	19,335 (32.3%)
Birth weight (Kilograms) [SD]	2∙76 (0∙49)	2∙77 (0∙47)	< 0∙001

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