Table 3. Newborn characteristics of women who gave birth at public health facilities in East Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables | Adolescents (15–19 years old) n (%) |
Adults (20–34 years old) n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex of the newborn baby | Male | 196 (52.4) | 426 (56.1) | 0.246 |
| Female | 178 (47.6) | 334 (43.9) | ||
| Newborn outcome | Alive | 371 (99.2) | 745 (98) | 0.138 |
| Dead | 3 (0.8) | 15 (2) | ||
| Birthweight of the baby (in grams) | < = 2499 | 46 (12.4) | 42 (5.6) | < 0.0001 |
| 2500–3999 | 324 (87.3) | 699 (93.8) | ||
| > = 4000 | 1 (0.3) | 4 (0.5) | ||
| APGAR score at 1st minute after birth | <6 | 22 (5.9) | 47 (6.3) | 0.805 |
| 7–10 | 349 (94.1) | 698 (93.7) | ||
| APGAR score at 5 minutes after birth | <6 | 5 (1.3) | 13 (1.7) | 0.620 |
| 7–10 | 366 (98.7) | 732 (98.3) | ||
| Gestational age at birth | Less than 37 weeks | 51 (14.1) | 61 (8.1) | 0.002 |
| > = 37 weeks | 311 (85.9) | 691 (91.9) | ||
| Mother identified type of breast feeding | Yes | 366 (98.7) | 736 (98.8) | 0.843 |
| No | 5 (1.3) | 9 (1.2) | ||
| Breast feeding initiation | Within 1 hour | 313 (84.8) | 648 (87.4) | 0.227 |
| After 1 hour | 56 (15.2) | 93 (12.6) | ||
| Newborn admitted to NICU | No | 350 (94.3) | 704 (94.5) | 0.914 |
| Yes | 21 (5.7) | 41 (5.5) | ||
| Reason for NICU | Prematurity | 13 (61.9) | 17 (42.5) | 0.463 |
| Infection | 1 (4.8) | 5 (12.5) | ||
| Asphyxia | 5 (23.8) | 13 (32.5) | ||
| Other* | 2 (9.5) | 6 (14.6) | ||
| Treatment given to the newborn baby | Yes | 71 (19.1) | 88 (11.8) | 0.001 |
| No | 300 (80.9) | 657 (88.2) | ||
| Fetal presentation | Cephalic | 365 (97.9) | 724 (95.3) | 0.098 |
| Breech | 7 (1.9) | 29 (3.8) | ||
| Others** | 1 (0.3) | 7 (0.9) | ||
| Fetal position | Occipito anterior | 341 (91.7) | 656 (87.2) | 0.012 |
| Occipito posterior | 14 (3.8) | 18 (2.4) | ||
| Right ocipito lateral | 3 (0.8) | 24 (3.2) | ||
| Left ocipito lateral | 6 (1.6) | 24 (3.2) | ||
| Others*** | 8 (2.2) | 30 (4) | ||
*unable to breast feed, cephalohematoma, jaundice, respiratory distress
**shoulder, face, brow
***frank breech, hand prolapse, mento-anterior, unspecified