Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Sex of the newborn | Male | 306 | 62.6 |
Female | 183 | 37.4 | |
Age of neonate on admission | ≤ one day | 378 | 77.3 |
>one days | 111 | 22.7 | |
Birth weight | <  1000 g | 8 | 1.6 |
1000–1499 g | 33 | 6.7 | |
1500–2499 g | 145 | 29.7 | |
2500–3999 g | 274 | 56.0 | |
≥ 4000 g | 29 | 5.9 | |
Temperature at admission(0c) | <  36.5 | 350 | 71.6 |
36.5–37.5 | 92 | 18.8 | |
> 37.5 | 47 | 9.6 | |
APGAR score at 5 min | ≤3 | 7 | 1.4 |
4–6 | 126 | 25.8 | |
7–10 | 251 | 51.3 | |
Unknown | 105 | 21.5 | |
Initiation of Feeding in 1st hour with | Nothing per mouth | 152 | 31.1 |
Exclusive Breast Feeding | 301 | 61.1 | |
Formula Feeding | 36 | 7.4 |