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. 2019 Jun;53(2):117–125. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v53i2.6

Table 5.

Number of admissions and deaths by admission weight

Admission
weight
Number (%) of
admissions
Number (%)
of deaths
Admission weight-specific
mortality rate (%) (95% CI)
Odds ratio (95%
C.I)
p-value
<750g 237 2.6% 213 (12.0%) 90.0 (86.0–93.7) 0.01 (0.01–0.02) <0.0001
750–999g 323 3.5% 234 (13.2%) 72.4 (67.6–77.3) 0.05 (0.04–0.06) <0.0001
1000–1499g 1167 12.7% 403 (22.8%) 34.5 (31.8–37.3) 0.25 (0.21–0.29) <0.0001
1500–2499g 2804 30.4% 318 (18.0%) 11.3 (10.2–12.5) 1.02 (0.88–1.18) 0.8342
2500g and
above
4469 48.5% 514 (29.1%) 11.5 (10.6–12.5) Ref
Missing data 213 2.3% 85 (4.8%) 40.0 (33.3–46.5)
Total 9213 100% 1767 (100%)