Table 5.
Morbidity distribution of preterm low birthweight neonates admitted in NICU of Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=291)
| Morbidities | |||||||
| Characteristics | Category | Sepsis (%) | RDS (%) | Jaundice (%) | Hypoglycaemia (%) | Hypothermia (%) | Meningitis (%) |
| Sex of neonate | Female | 57.5 | 49.1 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 78.3 | 6.6 |
| Male | 75.7 | 50.3 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 73.5 | 8.6 | |
| Maternal age (year) | <20 | 76.1 | 54.3 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 76.1 | 15.2 |
| 20–34 | 67.3 | 47.8 | 15.1 | 8.3 | 73.7 | 5.4 | |
| ≥35 | 70.0 | 55.0 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 82.5 | 12.5 | |
| Maternal chronic disease |
No | 69.4 | 48.8 | 13.9 | 7.1 | 75.1 | 8.2 |
| Yes | 60.0 | 80.0 | _ | 10.0 | 80.0 | _ | |
| Mode of delivery | Caesarean | 62.7 | 45.8 | 13.6 | 3.4 | 72.9 | 10.2 |
| Vaginal | 70.7 | 50.9 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 75.9 | 7.3 | |
| Obstetric complications | No | 66.7 | 46.9 | 14.0 | 7.5 | 74.6 | 8.3 |
| Yes | 77.8 | 60.3 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 77.8 | 6.3 | |
| PIH | No | 67.9 | 48.4 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 73.6 | 8.9 |
| Yes | 75.6 | 57.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 84.4 | 2.2 | |
| Place of delivery | Health institution | 68.5 | 50.5 | 14.3% | 7.3 | 75.1 | 8.1 |
| Home | 77.8 | 38.9 | _ | 5.6 | 77.8 | 5.6 | |
| Type of pregnancy | Single | 67.6 | 47.0 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 71.9 | 11.4 |
| Multiple | 71.7 | 54.7 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 81.1 | 1.9 | |
| Apgar first minute |
<7 | 71.2 | 57.7 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 75.0 | 5.8 |
| ≥7 | 66.7 | 40.7 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 75.6 | 10.4 | |
| Apgar fifth minute |
<7 | 74.6 | 60.6 | 14.1 | 8.5 | 73.2 | 5.6 |
| ≥7 | 67.3 | 46.4 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 75.9 | 8.6 | |
| Weight category (g) | <1000 | 67.7 | 74.2 | 12.9 | 9.7 | 80.6 | 0.0 |
| 1000–1499 | 68.1 | 57.4 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 75.5 | 8.5 | |
| 1500–2499 | 69.9 | 41.0 | 13.9 | 5.4 | 74.1 | 9.0 | |
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NICU, Neonatal intensive care unit; PIH, pregnancy induced hypertension.