Time to Death and Its Predictors among Neonates Hospitalized with Sepsis in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Neonatal-related characteristics of neonates admitted with neonatal sepsis in selected public referral hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 ().

Variables	Category	Status of the neonate
		Death	Censored
Neonatal age (days)	<7	68 (17.85%)	313 (82.15%)
	7-28	3 (8.82%)	31 (91.18%)
Neonatal sex	Male	41 (16.6%)	206 (83.4%)
	Female	30 (17.86%)	138 (82.14%)
Residence	Urban	38 (18.54%)	167 (81.46%)
	Rural	33 (15.71)	177 (84.29%)
Gestational age ()	Preterm	45 (38.8%)	71 (61.2%)
	Term	22 (8%)	253 (92%)
Admission weight in grams	<2500	60 (28.4%)	151 (71.6%)
	≥2500	11 (5.4%)	193 (94.6%)
First-minute Apgar score ()	<7	55 (23.1)	183 (76.9%)
	≥7	12 (7.6%)	147 (92.5)
Fifth-minute Apgar score ()	<7	43 (38.4%)	69 (61.6%)
	≥7	24 (8.4%)	261 (91.6%)
Cry immediately at birth	Yes	10 (5%)	183 (95%)
	No	61 (27.5%)	161 (72.5%)
Resuscitated at birth	Yes	61 (26.8%)	167 (72.5%)
	No	10 (5.4%)	177 (94.6%)
EBF initiated within one hour ()	Yes	3 (3.7%)	78 (96.3%)
	No	11 (8.9%)	113 (91.1%)
Comorbidity	Yes	64 (23.2%)	212 (76.8%)
	No	7 (5%)	132 (95%)