Table 4 Single causes of neonatal death by birth weight (N = 536)
Birth weight in grams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes | Total deaths | 500- 999 | 1000- 1499 | 1500- 1999 | 2000- 2499 | 2500+ | Unknown |
No. admitted | 5033 | 43 | 254 | 552 | 612 | 3535 | 37 |
Congenital | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 1 |
Prematurity | 188 | 37 | 85 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Asphyxia | 245 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 179 | 2 |
Infection | 46 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 1 |
Other | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Total deaths | 536 | 37 | 101 | 81 | 60 | 246 | 11 |
(% ) deaths | (10.7) | (86.0) | (39.8) | (14.7) | (9.8) | (7.0) | (29.7) |