Skip to main content

Table 4 Characteristics of neonates admitted to the NICU of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2018 [n = 489]

From: 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

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