A cohort analysis of neonatal hospital mortality rate and predictors of neonatal mortality in a sub-urban hospital of Cameroon

Table 2 Causes of neonatal admissions

Diagnoses	Number of newborns N = 332	Frequency (%)
Complications of preterm birth^a	107	32.2
Low birth weight	66	19.8
Hypothermia	43	13
Infections	27	8.1
Respiratory distress	19	5.7
Hypoglycaemia	16	4.8
Birth asphyxia	10	3
Jaundice	08	2.4
Congenital heart disease	02	0.6
Necrotizing enterocolitis	02	0.6
Neonatal infections^b	104	31.3
Birth asphyxia^b	48	14.5
Neonatal jaundice^c	25	7.5
Intra-uterine growth restriction	21	6.3
Neonatal respiratory distress	08	2.4
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn	06	1.8
Meconium aspiration syndrome	02	0.6
Congenital anomalies	08	2.4
Congenital heart disease^b	05	1.5
Gastroschisis	02	0.6
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	01	0.3
Clinical monitoring	07	2.1
Feeding problems^c	04	1.2
Irritability^d	01	0.3
Meconium stained amniotic fluid^d	01	0.3
Birth injury	01	0.3
Neonatal seizures^d	02	0.6
Hypoglycaemia^b	02	0.6

^a69 preterm newborns admitted for complications of preterm birth presented with more than one complication
^bExcluding cases related to complications of preterm births
^cExcluding cases related to related to complications of preterm births and neonatal infections
^dExcluding cases related to neonatal infections and birth asphyxia

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