Table 3.
Neonatal characteristics of preterm low birthweight neonates and neonatal outcome 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 |
| Place of delivery | Health institution | 273 (93.81) | 171 (62.64) | 102 (37.36) | 0.55 |
| Home | 18 (6.19) | 10 (55.56) | 8 (44.44) | ||
| Mode of delivery | Caesarean | 59 (20.27) | 43 (72.88) | 16 (27.12) | 0.6 |
| Vaginal | 232 (79.73) | 138 (59.48) | 94 (40.52) | ||
| Type of pregnancy | Single | 185 (63.57) | 118 (63.78) | 67 (36.22) | |
| Multiple | 106 (36.43) | 63 (59.43) | 43 (40.57) | ||
| Apgar score first minute | <7 | 135 (53.6) | 90 (66.67) | 45 (33.33) | 0.144 |
| ≥7 | 156 (46.4) | 91 (58.33) | 65 (41.67) | ||
| Apgar score fifth minute | <7 | 220 (75.6) | 149 (67.73) | 71 (32.27) | 0.001 |
| ≥7 | 71 (24.4) | 32 (45.07) | 39 (54.93) |
NICU, Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.