Table 4.
Overall morbidity characteristics of preterm low birthweight neonates admitted to NICU in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=291)
| Morbidity characteristics | Category | Total, n (%) n=291 |
Alive, n (%) n=181 |
Death, n (%) n=110 |
P value |
| Sepsis | No | 90 (30.93) | 69 (76.67) | 21 (23.33) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 201 (69.07) | 112 (55.72) | 89 (44.28) | ||
| RDS | No | 146 (50.17) | 115 (78.77) | 31 (21.23) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 145 (49.83) | 66 (45.52) | 79 (54.48) | ||
| Jaundice | No | 251 (86.6) | 159 (63.10) | 93 (36.90) | 0.424 |
| Yes | 39 (13.4) | 22 (56.41) | 17 (43.59) | ||
| Congenital anomaly | No | 267 (91.75) | 170 (63.67) | 97 (36.33) | 0.09 |
| Yes | 24 (8.25) | 11 (45.83) | 13 (54.17) | ||
| Hypoglycaemia | No | 270 (92.78) | 172 (63.7) | 98 (36.30) | 0.064 |
| Yes | 21 (7.22) | 9 (42.86) | 12 (57.14) | ||
| Hypothermia | No | 72 (24.74) | 50 (69.44) | 22 (30.56) | 0.145 |
| Yes | 219 (75.26) | 131 (59.82) | 88 (40.18) | ||
| Perinatal asphyxia | No | 284 (97.59) | 181 (63.73) | 103 (36.27) | |
| Yes | 7 (2.41) | – | 7 (100) | ||
| Meningitis | No | 268 (92.1) | 167 (62.31) | 101 (37.69) | 0.891 |
| Yes | 23 (7.90) | 14 (60.87) | 9 (39.13) | ||
| Others* | No | 281 (96.56) | 179 (63.7) | 102 (36.3) | |
| Yes | 10 (3.44) | 2 (20) | 8 (80) |
*'Others’ including neonatal enterocolitis, meconium aspiration syndrome, anaemia and pulmonary haemorrhage.
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.