Table 6.
Physician | MA | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cause of death | N | % | N | % |
Birth asphyxia | 164 | (44.9) | 151 | (41.5) |
Prematurity/LBW Weight | 55 | (15.1) | 41 | (11.3) |
Sepsis/Meningitis | 45 | (12.3) | 29 | (8.0) |
RDS | 25 | (6.9) | 39 | (10.7) |
Pneumonia | 20 | (5.5) | 35 | (9.6) |
Others | ||||
Congenital anomaly | 3 | (0.8) | 10 | (2.8) |
Specified rarea | 22 | (6.0) | 57 | (15.7) |
Undeterminedb | 26 | (7.1) | n/a | n/a |
Unspecified cause | 5 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.6) |
Total | 365 | (100) | 364 | (100) |
a Causes with small numbers are grouped under other specified
b Cause where three physicians' differed on a cause of death