Health staff experiences with the implementation of early essential newborn care guidelines in Da Nang municipality and Quang Nam province in Viet Nam

Table 1 General characteristics of Viet Nam and studied area (in 2017)^a

	Viet Nam	Da Nang	Quang Nam
Area (Km²)	331,230.80	1284.90	10,574.70
Average population (Thousand)	93,671.60	1064.10	1493.80
Population density (Person/km²)	283	828	141
Percentage of literate population	95.1	98.2	95.7
Crude birth rate	14.9	15.2	15.2
Crude death rate	6.8	6.3	8.7
Natural increase rate	8.1	8.9	6.5
Total fertility rate	2.04	1.81	2.26
Infant mortality rate	14.4	8.5	16.1
Under-five mortality rate	21.5	12.9	24.2

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