Vulnerable Newborn Collaboration - Birth statistics
Suarez Idueta, L
; Blencowe, H
; Ohuma, EO
; Lawn, JE
; Ahmed, R and Valodia, R
(2026).
Vulnerable Newborn Collaboration - Birth statistics.
[Dataset].
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
10.17037/DATA.00005248.
Data collected as part of a multi-country study to improve understanding of stillbirth epidemiology, inform stillbirth prevention, and improve burden estimates. It lists the number of livebirths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths for 31 National and subnational settings during the period 2000-2024.
Keywords
Stillbirth; Newborn; size for gestational ageParent Collection(s)
- note_stack Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Collaboration
| Item Type | Dataset |
|---|---|
| Resource Type |
Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative |
| Capture method | Compilation/Synthesis, Aggregation |
| Collection Period |
From To 1 July 2024 30 June 2026 |
| Date | 2 September 2026 |
| Language(s) of written materials | English |
| Creator(s) |
Suarez Idueta, L |
| Associated roles | Blencowe, H (Principal Investigator); Ohuma, EO (Co-Investigator); Lawn, J (Co-Investigator); Ahmed, R (Research Group); Suarez idueta, L (Research Group) and Valodia, R (Research Group) |
| LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023) |
| Research Centre | Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) |
| Research Group | Vulnerable Newborn Collaboration-Stillbirths |
| Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom |
| Funders |
Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Secondary Data Analysis to Inform Stillbirth Epidemiology INV-065760 https://doi.org/10.13039/100000865 |
| Date Deposited | 02 Sep 2026 15:57 |
| Last Modified | 02 Sep 2026 16:01 |
| Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
Explore Further
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- Stillbirth risk by fetal size among 126.5 million births in 15 countries from 2000 to 2020: A fetuses-at-risk approach.
- Stillbirths: Contribution of preterm birth and size-for-gestational age for 125.4 million total births from nationwide records in 13 countries, 2000-2020.
Data / Code
birth-statistics.xlsx
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subject - Data
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lock - Restricted to LSHTM staff & students only (request access for others)
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copyright - Available under Data Sharing Agreement
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info - Number of livebirths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths by setting
grid_on - application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
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