Table 5.
Cause of neonatal mortality by site
| Belgaum | Nagpur | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Cause of Neonatal Deaths < 28 Days, N (%) | 390 | 377 | 367 | 333 | 230 | 169 | 214 | 226 |
| Birth Asphyxia | 151 (38.7) | 138 (36.6) | 130 (35.4) | 106 (31.8) | 46 (20.0) | 41 (24.3) | 43 (20.1) | 65 (28.8) |
| Low Birth Weight/Prematurity | 113 (29.0) | 107 (28.4) | 108 (29.4) | 105 (31.5) | 80 (34.8) | 75 (44.4) | 82 (38.3) | 100 (44.2) |
| Infection | 31 (7.9) | 33 (8.8) | 27 (7.4) | 30 (9.0) | 30 (13.0) | 15 (8.9) | 21 (9.8) | 12 (5.3) |
| Malformation | 8 (2.1) | 12 (3.2) | 17 (4.6) | 16 (4.8) | 9 (3.9) | 6 (3.6) | 10 (4.7) | 7 (3.1) |
| Other | 73 (18.7) | 74 (19.6) | 79 (21.5) | 67 (20.1) | 31 (13.5) | 15 (8.9) | 39 (18.2) | 37 (16.4) |
| Don't Know | 14 (3.6) | 10 (2.7) | 6 (1.6) | 8 (2.4) | 34 (14.8) | 17 (10.1) | 18 (8.4) | 5 (2.2) |