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 | - |