Table 1

 Comparison of selected patient and site characteristics

SiteCountry statistics% femaleAge under 5 years
GNI*5<5 mortality5n(%)n(%)Mean age (years (SD))
*GNI, gross national income per capita (World Bank).5
Brazil (n = 191)27103396(50.3)81(42.4)5.5 (0.2)
Croatia (n = 200)5350884(42.0)64(32.0)6.4 (0.1)
Egypt (n = 1419)139039600(42.2)749(52.8)4.9 (0.1)
p value0.106⩽0.0001⩽0.001