Table 2.

Causes of neonatal admission

Diagnosis	Male (N=478)			Female (N=447)			Total (N=925)
	n	%		n	%		n	%
< 37 weeks of gestational age
Prematurity	214	44.7		225	50.4		439	47.5
Without complication	13	2.7		22	4.9		35	3.8
Hypothermia	88	18.4		119	26.6		207	22.4
Respiratory distress	56	11.7		39	8.7		95	10.3
Perinatal asphyxia	44	9.2		39	8.8		83	8.9
Infection	13	2.7		6	1.4		19	2.1
≥ 37 weeks of gestational age
Perinatal asphyxia	102	21.3		71	15.8		173	18.7
Without severe signs	68	14.2		54	12.1		122	13.2
Respiratory distress	32	6.7		15	3.3		47	5.1
Altered consciousness	1	0.2		1	0.2		2	0.2
MAS	1	0.2		1	0.2		2	0.2
Neonatal infectiona	83	17.4		73	16.3		156	16.8
Low birth weight	28	5.9		48	10.7		76	8.2
Hypothermiaa	18	3.8		9	2.0		27	2.9
Macrosomia	11	2.2		10	2.2		21	2.3
Neonatal RDSa	8	1.7		6	1.3		14	1.5
Neonatal jaundicea	7	1.5		3	0.8		10	1.1
Other	7	1.5		2	0.5		9	1.0

^a Excluding cases related to prematurity and perinatal asphyxia

MAS: meconium aspiration syndrome

RDS: respiratory distress syndrome.