When Do Newborns Die? Timing and Cause-Specific Neonatal Death in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Referral Hospital in Gedeo Zone: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Selected sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of mothers and neonates in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia, from November 2016 to January 2018.
Variables
Number (%)
Age of mothers at the current pregnancy
Mean (SD)
26.6 (±4.7)
≤24 years
287 (31.4)
25-29 years
341 (37.3)
>30
285 (31.2)
Districts of the respondents
Dilla Zuria
119 (13.0)
Wonago
108 (11.8)
Bule
81 (8.9)
Gedeb
79 (8.7)
Kochere
84 (9.2)
Yirgachefee town and district
131 (14.3)
Dilla town
154 (16.9)
Abay district, Oromia region
82 (9.0)
Dara district, Sidama zone
75 (8.2)
Place of residence
Urban
316 (34.6)
Rural
597 (65.4)
Mother’s educational status
Uneducated
168 (18.4)
Primary school (grades 1-8)
324 (35.5)
High school (grades 9-12)
362 (39.5)
Diploma and above
59 (6.5)
Mothers’ occupational status
Government or private employee
52 (5.7)
Self-employed including merchant
326 (35.7)
Housewife
535 (58.6)
Family size
Mean (SD)
4.01(±2.3)
Less than three family
495 (54.5)
4-6 family
272 (29.8)
Greater than seven family
146 (16.0)
ANC visit in the last pregnancy
<4 ANC visits
518 (56.7)
>4 ANC visits
258 (28.3)
No ANC visit
137 (15)
HEW visit during pregnancy
1-2 visits
132 (14.5)
≥3 visits
31 (3.4)
Not visited by HEW
750 (82.1)
Place of delivery
Hospital
496 (54.3)
Health center
327 (35.8)
Private clinic
30 (3.3)
Home
60 (6.6)
Delivery assistant
Skilled personnel
848 (92.9)
Family or relatives and TBA
65 (7.1)
Age of the neonates at admission (days)
Mean (SD)
4.4 (±4.03)
1-7 days
788 (86.3)
7-14 days
79 (8.7)
14-21 days
40 (4.4)
21-28 days
6 (0.7)
Sex of neonate
Male
510 (55.9)
Female
403 (44.1)
Weight of the neonates at birth
Mean (SD)
2639.1 (±818.4)
<2500 grams
344 (37.7)
≥2500 grams
569 (62.3)
Gestation age at birth
Mean (SD)
37.2 (±2.4)
Preterm (<37 weeks
297 (32.5)
Term (>37 weeks)
616 (67.5)
SD: standard deviation; TBA: traditional birth attendant; ANC: antenatal care; HEW: health extension worker.
