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Table 2 Neonatal Nursery Unit discharge diagnoses

From: Use of health services by remote dwelling Aboriginal infants in tropical northern Australia: a retrospective cohort study

Discharge diagnoses

Number (%)

Preterm

61 (51%)

   32-36.6 weeks

42 (35%)

   28-31.6 weeks

11 (9%)

   < 28 weeks

8 (6%)

Low Birth weight (< 2500)

60 (50%)

   2000-2499

34 (28%)

   1500-1999

7 (6%)

   < 1500

19 (16%)

Presumed sepsis

29 (24%)

Respiratory illness

25 (21%)

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

16 (13%)

Transient Tachypnoea of the newborn

9 (8%)

Intrauterine Growth Restriction

13 (11%)

Diabetic mother

10 (8%)

Other maternal illness

8 (6%)

Congenital anomalies

6 (5%)

Cardiac problems

6 (5%)