Table 3.

Cause of death in relation to year of birth.

	Both periods	Period 1 2002–2009	Period 2 2011–2018	p value
Total deaths (n)	265	105	160	–
Total deaths with determined cause of death (n)	260	101	159	–

Cause of death—number of cases (% of total)	n	n (%)	n (%)
Congenital anomalies	18	10 (9.9)	8 (5.0)	0.132
Neural anomaly	3	2 (2.0)	1 (0.6)	0.562
Cardiac anomaly	3	2 (2.0)	1 (0.6)	0.562
Other anomaly	9	3 (3.0)	6 (3.8)	1.000
Chromosomal abnormalities	3	3 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	0.058
Asphyxia	17	10 (9.6)	7 (4.4)	0.080
Intrauterine	8	4 (4.0)	4 (2.5)	0.715
Perinatal	8	6 (5.9)	2 (1.3)	0.059
Postnatal	1	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)	1.000
Respiratory	75	31 (30.7)	44 (27.3)	0.674
RDS	10	7 (6.9)	3 (1.9)	0.039
BPD	12	5 (5.0)	7 (4.4)	0.837
Pulmonary hypoplasia	20	8 (7.9)	12 (7.5)	0.912
PPHN	10	5 (5.0)	5 (3.1)	0.461
Pneumothorax	5	1 (1.0)	4 (2.5)	0.651
Haemothorax	4	3 (3.0)	1 (0.6)	0.302
Miscellaneous	14	2 (2.0)	12 (7.5)	0.087
IVH	22	13 (12.9)	9 (5.7)	0.042
Infection/sepsis	41	19 (18.8)	22 (13.8)	0.283
Early	11	3 (3.0)	8 (5.0)	0.537
Late	30	16 (15.8)	14 (8.8)	0.083
NEC	45	5 (5.0)	40 (25.2)	< 0.001
NEC with Sepsis	16	2 (2.0)	14 (8.8)	0.053
NEC without sepsis	29	3 (3.0)	26 (16.4)	0.001
Other	42	13 (12.9)	29 (18.2)	0.252
Shock/anemia/bleeding	8	1 (1.0)	7 (4.4)	0.156
Volvulus/malrotation	4	1 (1.0)	3 (1.9)	1.000
Isolated spontaneous intestinal perforation	4	0 (0.0)	4 (2.5)	0.160
Metabolic/electrolyte/endocrine disorders	4	2 (2.0)	2 (1.3)	0.643
Tumor	3	0 (0.0)	3 (1.9)	0.285
Twin-twin transfusion syndrome	2	2 (1.0)	1 (0.6)	0.562
CNS-related	3	1 (1.0)	2 (1.3)	1.000
Other	8	4 (4.0)	4 (2.5)	0.715
Prematurity	3	2 (2.0)	1 (0.6)	0.562
Unknown	2	0 (0.0)	2 (1.3)	0.523