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. 2020 Sep 25;13(4):334–343. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa070

Table 2.

Associated causes of deaths (columns) for each primary cause of death (first row) for early and late neonates

Birth asphyxia Respiratory distress Neonatal sepsis Prematurity Other neonatal infections Encephalopathy
Early neonates
Maternal complication 58.4% Prematurity 41.1% Birth asphyxia 27.6% Birth asphyxia 69.6% Organ failure 35.2% Birth asphyxia 47.8%
Congenital abnormalities 14.5% Birth asphyxia 14.0% Prematurity 25.1% Hypothermia 7.7% Birth asphyxia 21.3% Prematurity 22.7%
Bleeding disorders 10.4% Encephalopathy 8.7% Bleeding disorders 18.9% Maternal complications 6.9% Neonatal sepsis 21.1% Neonatal infection 12.5%
Metabolic disorders 7.4% Maternal complication 7.7% Maternal complications 12.3% Bleeding disorders 4.5% Prematurity 12.1% Neonatal sepsis 9.1%
Birth Injury 6.3% Neonatal infection 7.6% Metabolic disorders 7.7% Metabolic disorders 4.0% Congenital abnormalities 3.3% Maternal complications 2.6%
Other 3.0% Other 20.9% Other 8.4% Other 7.3% 0ther 7.0% Other 5.3%
Late neonates
Metabolic disorders 74.1% Prematurity 47.6% Bleeding disorders 32.9% Birth asphyxia 75.5% Neonatal sepsis 58.9% Birth asphyxia 68.2%
Bleeding disorders 14.8% Neonatal infection 15.2% Prematurity 27.2% Bleeding disorders 18.4% Prematurity 13.5% Prematurity 9.1%
Congenital abnormalities 3.7% Neonatal sepsis 13.3% Birth asphyxia 13.9% Metabolic disorders 4.1% Bleeding disorders 10.9% Bleeding disorders 9.1%
Birth injury 3.7% Birth asphyxia 7.1% Metabolic disorders 10.1% Congenital abnormalities 2.0% Birth asphyxia 9.6% Low birthweight 9.1%
Organ failure 3.7% Congenital abnormalities 6.3% Congenital abnormalities 5.1% Neonatal sepsis 4.5%
Other - Other 16.8% Other 9.6% Other - Other 2.0% Other -