Table 1.
Patient characteristics and patterns of morbidity in neonatal admissions
| Characteristic | H1 na = 211 |
H2 na = 693 |
H3 na = 235 |
H4 na = 400 |
H5 na = 297 |
Totalb
na = 1836 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nc | Est.d | nc | Est.d | nc | Est.d | nc | Est.d | nc | Est.d | nc | Est.d | |
| Age days (med, IQR) | 208 | 0 (0–1) | 693 | 0 (0–0) | 198 | 1 (1–1) | 341 | 1 (0–2) | 296 | 0 (0–0) | 1736 | 0 (0–1) |
| Sex (%, 95% CI) | ||||||||||||
| Female | 87 | 43 (36–50) | 331 | 49 (45–53) | 94 | 44 (38–51) | 125 | 37 (32–43) | 111 | 38 (32–43) | 748 | 43 (36–52) |
| Total | 202 | 677 | 212 | 335 | 294 | 1,720 | ||||||
| Birth weighte (%, 95% CI) | ||||||||||||
| Extremely LBW | 3 | 1.5 (0.3–4) | 18 | 2.7 (2–4) | 2 | 1.4 (0.2–5) | 7 | 2.6 (0.7–5) | 13 | 4.4 (2–7) | 43 | 3 (2–4) |
| Very LBW | 34 | 17 (12–22) | 41 | 6.2 (4–8) | 9 | 6.3 (2–10) | 34 | 13 (9–17) | 26 | 8.8 (6–12) | 144 | 9 (5–16) |
| LBW | 65 | 32 (26–38) | 151 | 23 (20–26) | 29 | 20 (14–27) | 77 | 29 (23–34) | 95 | 32 (27–37) | 417 | 27 (20–34) |
| Normal | 93 | 46 (39–53) | 423 | 64 (60–67) | 91 | 64 (56–72) | 137 | 51 (45–57) | 157 | 53 (47–59) | 901 | 57 (46–67) |
| Macrosomia | 8 | 4 (1–7) | 32 | 5 (3–6) | 11 | 8 (3–12) | 14 | 5 (3–8) | 6 | 2 (0.4–4) | 71 | 5 (3–7) |
| Total | 203 | 665 | 142 | 269 | 297 | 1,576 | ||||||
| Admission diagnosesf (%, 95% CI) | ||||||||||||
| Birth asphyxia | 90 | 43 (35–49) | 177 | 26 (22–29) | 81 | 35 (28–41) | 106 | 27 (22–31) | 105 | 35 (30–41) | 559 | 31 (23–39) |
| Premature/LBW | 94 | 45 (38–51) | 158 | 23 (20–26) | 69 | 29 (25–35) | 114 | 29 (24–33) | 91 | 31 (25–36) | 526 | 29 (21–38) |
| Neonatal sepsis | 15 | 7 (4–11) | 90 | 13 (11–16) | 52 | 22 (17–28) | 88 | 22 (18–26) | 14 | 5 (2.3–7.1) | 259 | 14 (8–25) |
| Newborn RDS | 15 | 7 (4–11) | 70 | 10 (8–12) | 35 | 15 (10–20) | 24 | 6 (3.6–8.3) | 43 | 15 (11–19) | 187 | 10 (7–15) |
| Jaundice | 7 | 3 (1–6) | 53 | 8 (6–10) | 2 | 1 (0.1–3) | 62 | 16 (12–19) | 11 | 4 (2–6) | 135 | 7 (3–17) |
aTotal sample size.
b95% CI adjusted for effect of clustering at hospital level.
cNumber with data available per variable.
dEstimate.
eBirth weight: extremely low birth weight (LBW): <1 kg, very LBW: 1 to <1.5 kg, LBW: 1.5 to <2.5 kg, normal: 2.5 to <4 kg, macrosomia: ≥4 kg.
fThese are disease episodes (only the top five are presented); a single patient may have more than one and thus counted in each separate diagnosis.
med, median; IQR, inter-quartile range; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome.