Prematurity, asphyxia and congenital malformations underrepresented among neonates in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Vietnam

Table 1 Comparison of selected ICD-10 diagnoses in the Vietnamese and Danish Hospital

Diagnose	PH1 Vietnam (n=5763)		RH Denmark (n=885)		p-value
	Registered	/1000 live births	Registered	/1000 live births
Prematurity	385	0.53	384	13.24	<0.01
very premature	385*	0.53	206	7.06	<0.01
Asphyxia	120	0.17	116	3.99	<0.01
Cong Malformations
Oesophaus atresia	46	0.06	8	0.27	<0.01
Gastrochiesis	31	0.04	6	0.21	<0.01
Omphalocele	22	0.03	2	0.07	0.04
Diaphragmatic hernia	39	0.05	4	0.14	0.01
Heart Disease	222	0.31	65	2.23	<0.01

The numbers of registered diagnoses and corresponding ratios per 1000 live births in the catchment area.
PH1: Tertiary paediatric hospital in Vietnam (Paediatric Hospital No. 1) with a catchment population of 726,578 live births (2009).
RH: General tertiary hospital in Denmark (Rigshospitalet) with a catchment population of 29,161 live births (2009), annual means for the period 2001–10.
Very premature: gestational age < 32 weeks.
*Maximum estimate corresponding to all of the registered premature neonates (gestational age and birth weight is only available for a subgroup).

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