Perinatal Outcomes in Babies Born before Arrival at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban, South Africa

Table 3

Perinatal outcomes.

Perinatal outcome	BBAs	Inborns	value
Prematurity	73	23	≤0.001
Congenital abnormalities	1	1	0.941
Sepsis	2	3	0.670
Birth asphyxia	4	2	0.687
NICU admission	28	18	0.217
Birth trauma	5	1	0.217
Length of hospital stay
Less than 24 hours	44	81	≤0.001
1–7 days	79	41	≤0.001
More than 7 days	17	6	≤0.001
Mortality	4	4	0.753

BBAs: babies born before arrival; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit.