Table 2 Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of neonates delivered in Tigray, April-July, 2014
From: Cause of neonatal deaths in Northern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Characteristics | No | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 610 | 52.9 |
 Female | 542 | 47.1 |
Distance | ||
  < 5 km | 836 | 76.3 |
 5-0 km | 175 | 16 |
  > =10 km | 84 | 7.7 |
Place of death | ||
 Health facility | 46 | 67.6 |
 Home | 22 | 32.4 |
Birth weight | ||
 Low birth weight | 121 | 10.5 |
 Normal | 954 | 82.8 |
 Macrosomia | 77 | 6.7 |
Current age of mother | ||
  < 20 year | 95 | 8.2 |
 20–24 year | 328 | 28.5 |
 25–35 year | 590 | 57.2 |
  ≥ 35 year | 139 | 12.1 |
GA | ||
 Preterm | 93 | 8.1 |
 Term | 990 | 85.9 |
 Post term | 69 | 6.0 |
Birth interval | ||
 Not applicable | 537 | 46.6 |
  < Two years | 127 | 11.0 |
  > Two years | 488 | 42.4 |
Hypothermia | ||
 Yes | 61 | 5.3 |
 No | 1091 | 94.7 |
Temperature control (n= 61) | ||
 Yes | 59 | 97 |
 No | 2 | 3.0 |