Table 2.

Predictors of neonatal hospital mortality at a univariable logistic regression analysis

Variables	Categories	Neonatal outcome N = 485a		COR (95%CI)	P value
		Discharged N (%)	Death N (%)
Residence	Rural	178 (80.4)	44 (19.6)	1
	Urban	227 (85.3)	39 (14.7)	0.7 (0.44-1.13)	0.09
Age on Admission (days)	< 1	260 (80.7)	62 (19.3)	1
	2-7	84 (86.6)	13 (13.4)	0.65 (0.34-1.24)	0.190
	8-28	59 (89.4)	7 (10.6)	0.64 (0.24-1.69)	0.100
Gender	Female	186 (84.9)	34 (15.1)	1
	Male	217 (81.6)	49 (18.4)	1.27 (0.79-2.06)	0.328
Birth weight	>  2.5 kg	328 (88.8)	41 (11.2)	1
	<  2.5 kg	77 (65.3)	42 (34.7)	4.23 (2.57-6.97)	0.001
Gestational age at delivery	Preterm	68 (66.7)	35 (33.3)	1
	Term	335 (87.5)	48 (12.5)	0.29 (0.17-0.48)	0.001
Mode of delivery	Vaginal delivery	316 (81.0)	75 (19.0)	1
	CS delivery	87 (91.6)	8 (8.4)	0.39 (0.18-0.85)	0.017
Place of delivery	Home	20 (62.5)	12 (37.5)	1
	Health facility	383 (84.5)	71 (15.5)	0.31 (0.14-0.65)	0.002
Source of admission	Hospital delivery	270 (84.1)	51 (15.9)	1
	Referred from other facility	50 (75.8)	17 (24.2)	1.69 (0.90-3.21)	0.105
	From home	83 (84.7)	15 (15.3)	0.96 (0.51-1.79)	0.890
Duration of hospital Stay	<  1 day	10 (43.5)	13 (56.5)	1
	1-3 days	125 (72.7)	47 (27.3)	0.29 (0.12-0.7)	0.006
	4-7 days	178 (92.2)	15 (7.8)	0.07 (0.02-0.17)	<  0.001
	8 days +	90 (92.8)	8 (7.2)	0.06 (0.02-0.19)	<  0.001
Diagnosis	Prematurity	47 (66.2)	25 (33.8)	1
	Birth asphyxia	68 (70.1)	29 (29.9)	0.84 (0.43-1.61)	0.591
	Neonatal infection	164 (93.7)	11 (6.3)	0.14 (0.07-0.31)	<  0.001
	Congenital abnormality	8 (47.1)	9 (52.9)	2.2 (0.75-6.44)	0.149
	Other conditions	189 (93.3)	8 (6.7)	0.33 (0.14-0.79)	0.012
Inborn/ out born	Inborn	337 (85.8)	56 (14.2)	1
	Out born	66 (71.7)	27 (28.3)	2.37 (1.39-4.05)	0.001
Total		403 (83.1)	82 (16.9)

a 23 cases were not included in the analysis (referred out cases)