Table 1.

Preterm infants’ perinatal data

Variables	No (%)
Infants’ sex
Male	573 (42.9)
Female	763 (57.1)
Birth weight (g)
<1000	78 (5.8)
1000–1499	365 (27.3)
1500–1999	538 (40.3)
≥2000	355 (26.6)
Gestational age (weeks)
28–32	242 (18.1)
33–34	562 (42.1)
35–36	532 (39.8)
Common morbidities
Neonatal infections	696 (52.1)
Respiratory distress syndrome	514 (38.5)
Hypoglycaemic	326 (24.4)
Hyperbilirubinaemia	417 (31.2)
Perinatal asphyxia	98 (7.3)
Polycythaemia	58 (4.3)
Distribution of study subjects by hospitals
Gondar University Hospital	373 (27.9)
Saint Paul Millennium College Hospital	358 (26.8)
Black Lion Hospital	307 (23.0)
Ghandi Memorial Hospital	158 (11.8)
Jimma University Medical Center	140 (10.5)