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Table 1 Characteristics of infants admitted to the neonatology unit in three district hospitals in Rwanda

From: Bubble CPAP to support preterm infants in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study

Population characteristics

Preterm or very low birth weight infants

Term and near term infants who are not very low birth weight

N = 136

N = 726

 

n

%

n

%

Place of birth

Hospital

66

48.5

419

57.7

Health center

51

37.5

255

35.1

Home

14

10.3

32

4.4

Unknown

5

3.7

20

2.8

Birth weight

Very low birth weight (<1500 g)

103

75.7

  

Low birth weight (1500–2499 g)

31

22.8

224

30.9

Normal birth weight (>=2500 g)

2

1.5

437

60.1

Unknown

0

0

65

9.0

Gestation age at birth

<33 weeks

78

57.4

  

33–36 weeks

19

14.0

71

9.8

=37 weeks

9

6.6

548

75.5

Unknown

30

22.1

107

14.7

Duration of stay in the hospital

N = 128

N = 705

Median (IQR)

19 (6–32)

7 (3–10)

0–7 days

34

25.0

413

56.9

8–14 days

18

13.2

140

19.3

15–30 days

34

25.0

52

7.2

>30 days

29

21.3

33

4.5

Unknown

21

15.4

88

12.1