Magnitude of Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors among Newborns Delivered in Dangla Primary Hospital, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Table 2

Labor and delivery characteristics of mothers delivered at Dangla Primary Hospital, Awi Zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n=232).

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Gestational age	<37wks	52	22.4
	37-42wks	136	58.6
	>42wks.	44	19
Gender of the neonate	Male	118	50.9
	Female	114	49.1
Birth weight	>=2.5kg	208	89.6
	1.5-2.499	22	9.50
	1-1.5	2	0.9