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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: The study of etiological and demographic characteristics of neonatal mortality and morbidity - a consecutive case series study from Pakistan

Variable

No. of patients

Frequency

Mortality

Frequency

(n = 1463)

(%)

(n = 119)

(%)

Age (months)

≤7 days

1010

69

89

74.8

>7 days

453

31

30

25.2

Mean ± std. dev

5.12 ± 1.3 days

   

Sex

Male

776

53

63

52.9

Female

687

47

56

47.1

Place of birth

Home

734

50.2

74

62.2

Hospital

729

49.8

45

37.8

Weight

Normal

495

33.8

14

11.7

ELBW

209

14.4

49

41.2

VLBW

247

16.8

31

26.1

LBW

424

28.9

22

18.5

LGA

88

6.1

03

2.5

Mean ± std. dev

2.42 ± 1.5 kg

   

Outcome

Discharged

1344

91.9

  

Expired

119

8.1

  

Timing of neonatal death

Early (0–7 days)

94

78.9

  

Late (8–28 days)

25

21.1