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Table 2 Neonatal characteristics of respondents among Neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 [n = 356]

From: Neonatal hypothermia and associated factors among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Age of Newborn (hour)

≤24

233

65.4

24–72

60

16.9

> 72

63

17.7

Sex of new born

Male

204

57.3

Female

152

42.7

Birth weight(grams)

< 1000

10

2.8

1000–1499

32

9.0

1500–2499

131

36.8

2500–4000

179

50.3

> 4000

4

1.1

Gestational age (weeks)

< 28 weeks

2

0.6

28- < 32 weeks

25

7.0

32- < 37 weeks

175

49.2

37-42 weeks

152

42.7

> 42 weeks

2

.6

Started breast feeding within one hour after birth

Yes

126

35.4

No

230

64.6

Received CPR during birth

Yes

84

23.6

No

272

76.4