Cause and predictors of neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based prospective follow-up study

Table 1 Characteristics of mothers whose neonates were admitted to the NICU of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2018 [n = 489]

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	less than 20 years	109	22.3
	21–30 years	279	57.1
	31–40 years	95	19.4
	≥ 41 years	6	1.2
Education level	Unable to read and write	198	40.5
	Able to read and write	59	12.1
	Primary Education	111	22.7
	Secondary Education	80	16.4
	College and above	41	8.4
Marital status	Single	28	5.7
	Married	452	92.4
	Divorced	7	1.4
	Widowed	2	0.4
Residence	Urban	255	52.1
Residence	Rural	234	47.9
ANC follow-up	Yes	378	77.3
ANC follow-up	No	111	22.7
Place of ANC follow up	Public	320	65.4
Place of ANC follow up	Private	58	11.9
Gestational age at the start of ANC follow up	< 24 weeks	180	36.8
	24–29 weeks	149	30.5
	30–35 weeks	37	7.6
	greater than 35 weeks	12	2.5
Number of ANC follow up attended	One	37	7.6
	Two	80	16.4
	Three	145	29.7
	four and above	116	23.7

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