Table 1.

Total number of newborns with or without malformations in both hospitals

Deliveries in six months	Total number %		Without malformation number %		With malformation number %
Ayder referral hospital	503**	33	484	32	19	3.8
Mekelle hospital	1013**	67	1000	66	13	1.3
Males	684	45	662*	44	22*	3.2
Females	832	55	822	54	10	1.2
LBW	822	54	800	97	22	2.7
LBW Male	374	25	362	97	12	3.2
LBW Female	448	30	438	98	10	2.2
VLBW	530	35	515	97	15	2.8
VLBW Male	243	16	238	98	5	2.1
VLBW Female	287	19	277	97	10	3.5
Total deliveries	1516	100	1484	98	32	2.1

Percentages were calculated by taking the corresponding “total number” as denumerator.

Significance (*: P <0.05; **: P <0.001) was calculated between hospitals or between males and females.