Adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) for early neonatal mortality for community-level and socioeconomic, maternal and newborn characteristics and perinatal health service determinants in Nepal and Pakistan.

927 missing values were excluded from the pooled NDHS analysis and 696 missing values were excluded from the pooled PDHS analysis.*Both models were adjusted for region/province and area of residence, maternal marital status, maternal level of attained education, maternal occupation, paternal level of attained education, paternal occupation, pooled household wealth index, maternal age at childbirth, child's sex, a combined variable birth rank and birth interval, maternal desire for the pregnancy, maternal perceived birth size, timing of initiation of breastfeeding, number of antenatal care visits, place of delivery, a combined variable for mode of delivery with delivery assistance, duration of recall period, year of birth of the child and the average cluster coverage of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine.aHR: Adjusted Hazard Ratio.CI: Confidence Interval.NDHS: Nepal Demographic and Health Survey.NS: not significant.PDHS: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey.Adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) for early neonatal mortality for community-level and socioeconomic, maternal and newborn characteristics and perinatal health service determinants in Nepal and Pakistan.