Table 1.

Distribution of newborns according to “neonatal near miss” (NNM) criteria in tertiary care hospital during study period

Total live births	2737
No. of term babies	2459
No. for preterm babies (< 37 weeks of gestational age)	304
No. of low birth weight	1164
2500–1500 g	1025
1000–1499 g	118
< 1000 g	21
Total admitted in NICU	399
No. of preterm admitted in NICU	198
34–37 weeks	130
30–34 weeks	55
< 30 weeks	13
No. of babies APGAR < 7 at 5 min admitted in NICU	169
No. of babies very low birth weight admitted	109
Total near miss events in newborns admitted in NICU during study period	291

Bold values indicate miss events of selected criteria were observed during study period