Table 3 Causes of death stratified by gestational age
Gestational age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause of death | 22–25 weeks | 26–28 weeks | 29–31 weeks | All GA groups |
Total number of neonates | n = 522 | n = 1366 | n = 2566 | n = 4454 |
Total deaths | 178 (341/1000) | 118 (86/1000) | 49 (19/1000) | 345 (77/1000) |
Sepsis | 28 (54/1000) | 22 (16/1000) | 5 (2/1000) | 55 (12/1000) |
NEC | 9 (17/1000) | 23 (17/1000) | 7 (3/1000) | 39 (9/1000) |
Major IVH | 61 (117/1000) | 33 (24/1000) | 5 (2/1000) | 99 (22/1000) |
Respiratory | 62 (119/1000) | 23 (17/1000) | 10 (4/1000) | 95 (21/1000) |
HMD | 47 (90/1000) | 8 (6/1000) | 0 (0/1000) | 55 (12/1000) |
Pulm HTN | 2 (4/1000) | 4 (3/1000) | 2 (1/1000) | 8 (2/1000) |
Pulm Haem | 6 (11/1000) | 4 (3/1000) | 2 (1/1000) | 12 (3/1000) |
Pulm Hypopl | 7 (13/1000) | 6 (4/1000) | 6 (2/1000) | 19 (4/1000) |
PTX | 0 (0/1000) | 1 (1/1000) | 0 (0/1000) | 1 (0/1000) |
Perinatal Asphyxia | 2 (4/1000) | 9 (7/1000) | 14 (5/1000) | 25 (6/1000) |
Miscellaneous | 16 (31/1000) | 8 (6/1000) | 8 (3/1000) | 32 (7/1000) |
CLD | 7 (13/1000) | 1 (1/1000) | 1 (<1/1000) | 9 (2/1000) |