Table 1.

Causes of Infant Death [Number per Year and Rate per 100,000 Births] ^{14, 15}

Neonatal Disease	Necrotizing Enterocolitis	Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis	Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Year – 2000	348 deaths and 8.7 per 100,000 births	734 deaths and 18.3 per 100,000 births	958 deaths and 23.8 per 100,000 births
Year – 2010	470 deaths and 11.7 per 100,000 births	596 deaths and 14.2 per 100,000 births	496 deaths and 12.4 per 100,000 births