Table 2 Neonatal characteristics of neonates delivered in one specialized and one general hospital in south Ethiopia, 2014–2016
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex for live births, n = 12,872 | |
  Female | 5957 (46.3) |
  Male | 6915 (53.7) |
APGAR Score at fifth minutes, n = 12,872 | |
  <7 | 1139 (8.8) |
  > = 7 | 11,733 (91.2) |
Birth weight (gm), n = 12,872 | |
  <2500 | 1622 (12.6) |
  > = 2500 | 11,250 (87.4) |
The Newborn developed morbidity, n = 12,872 | |
  Yes | 1420 (11.0) |
  No | 11,452 (89) |
Newborn morbidity a, n = 1420 | |
  Prematurity | 1134 (79.8) |
  Perinatal Asphyxia | 173 (12.1) |
  Sepsis | 63 (4.4) |
  Congenital malformation | 21 (1.5) |
  Meconium Aspiration | 8 (0.6) |
  HIV | 24 (1.7) |
  Other | 43(3.0.) |
  Not recorded or missing | 22 (1.5) |
Newborn outcome, n = 12,872 | |
  Died | 377 (2.9) |
  Not died | 12,495 (97.1) |
Survived newborn n = 12,495 | |
  Home and improved | 12,185 (97.5) |
  Referred | 310 (2.5) |
Newborn died n = 377 | |
  Live birth died after arrival or delivery in facility | 354 (93.9) |
  Live birth died before arrival at facility | 23 (6.1) |
Mode of feeding, n = 12,872 | |
  Breast feeding initiated after one hour | 383 (3.0) |
  Breastfeeding initiated within one hour | 12,182 (94.6) |
  Other feeding not recorded | 266 (2.1) |
  Not recorded | 41 (0.3) |
Treatment given a, n = 12,872 | |
  Oxygen/Resuscitation | 488 (3.8) |
  Kangaroo Mother Care | 153 (1.2) |
  Antibiotics | 83 (0.6) |
  Blood transfusion | 13 (0.1) |
  Other | 101 (0.8) |
  Not recorded | 12,166 (94.5) |