Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of preterm low birthweight neonates and their mothers admitted to NICU in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=291)
| Characteristics | Category | Total, n (%) n=291 |
Alive, n (%) n=181 |
Death, n (%) n=110 |
P value |
| Sex of the neonate | Female | 106 (36.43) | 70 (66.04) | 36 (33.96) | 0.307 |
| Male | 185 (63.57) | 111 (60) | 74 (40) | ||
| Maternal age (years) | <20 | 46 (15.81) | 29 (63.04) | 17 (36.96) | 0.778 |
| 20–34 | 205 (70.45) | 128 (62.44) | 77 (37.56) | ||
| ≥35 | 40 (13.75) | 24 (62.2) | 16 (37.8) | ||
| Neonatal age at admission | <24 hours | 186 (63.9) | 116 (62.4) | 70 (37.6) | |
| 1–7 day | 99 (34) | 60 (60.6) | 39 (39.4) | ||
| >7 day | 6 (2.1) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | ||
| Mean length of stay in NICU (days) | <9.82 | 116 (39.9) | 95 (81.9) | 21 (18.1) | 0.00 |
| ≥9.82 | 175 (60.1) | 86 (49.1) | 89 (50.9) |
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.