Appraising neonatal morbidity and mortality in a developing country categorized by gestational age grouping and implications for targeted interventions

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Of the 14,760 neonates admitted, 9,030 (61.2%) were term babies, 4,847 (32.8%) were preterm babies, and in 792 (5%) of the admissions, the gestational ages could not be determined. For term babies, mortality decreased by 45%, from 15.7% in 2007 to 8.7% in 2018, while the decline in mortality for preterm babies was 28.4%, from 25.7% in 2007 to 18.4% in 2018. An Appraisal of Neonatal Morbidity/Mortality babies were asphyxia (1:4), sepsis (1:5), respiratory disorders (1:9), and jaundice (1.10 . . .

 



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