. 2015 Apr 4;61(4):255–259. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmv024

Table 2.

Patterns of mortality in neonatal admissions

	H1 n^a= 211		H2 n^a= 693		H3 n^a= 235		H4 n^a= 400^b		H5 n^a= 297		Total n^a= 1836
Weight^e	n^f	%^c(95% CI)	n^f	%^c(95% CI)	n^f	%^c(95% CI)	n^f	%^c(95% CI)	n^f	%^c(95% CI)	n^f	%^d(95% CI)
ELBW	2/3	67 (9–99)	13/18	72 (51–94)	2/2	100	2/2	100	13/13	100	32/38	84 (45–97)
VLBW	19/33	56 (39–73)	19/41	46 (31–62)	8/9	89	14/18	78 (58–98)	17/25	68 (49–87)	77/126	61 (42–77)
LBW	14/65	22 (11–32)	26/150	17 (11–23)	9/26	35 (16–53)	7/32	22 (7–37)	14/94	15 (8–22)	70/367	19 (14–25)
Normal BW	15/87	16 (9–24)	28/422	7 (4–9)	9/89	10 (4–16)	7/41	17 (5–29)	18/156	12 (7–17)	77/795	10 (8–12)
Macrosomia	3/8	38 (1–74)	3/31	9 (2–26)	0/11	–	0/2	–	1/6	17 (0.4–64)	7/58	10 (5–17)
Overall	53/196	26 (20–32)	89/662	13 (11–16)	28/137	22 (16–27)	30/95	29 (21–36)	63/294	21 (17–26)	263/1384	19 (17–22)

^aTotal sample size (number of cases).

^bIn H4 birth weight missing in 131 of 400(33%) and outcome missing in 256 of 400 (64%).

^cEstimate.

^d95% CI adjusted for effect of clustering at hospital level.

^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.

^fNumber of deaths out of number of cases (case fatality).