Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of neonates and mothers of the neonates admitted at the NICU of the HUCSH, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Maternal age in years

< 20

1 (9.1%)

10 (90.9%)

0.317

20–34

25 (13.2%)

164 (86.8%)

Reference

≥ 35

6 (24.0%)

19 (76.0%)

0.157

Sex of Neonates

Female

15 (15.3%)

83 (84.7%)

Reference

Male

17 (13.4%)

110 (86.6%)

0.683

Age of neonates at admission in day/s

< 1

25 (16.2%)

129 (83.8%)

Reference

1–6

5 (11.9%)

37 (88.1%)

0.209

≥ 7

2 (6.9%)

27 (93.1%)

0.492