Sociodemographic characteristics of preterm neonates and their mothers admitted to the intensive care unit of Bench Sheko Zone, Keffa Zone and Sheka Zone Hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021
| Characteristics | Category | Total, N (%) N=614 | Survival status of the neonate | |
| Censored, N (%) N=414 | Died, N (%) N=200 | |||
| Sex | Female | 236 (38.44) | 148 (62.71) | 88 (37.29) |
| Male | 378 (61.56) | 266 (70.37) | 112 (29.63) | |
| Age of neonate | ≤7 days | 607 (98.86) | 407 (67.05) | 200 (32.95) |
| 8–28 days | 7 (1.14) | 7 (100.00) | – | |
| Maternal age | <20 years | 57 (9.28) | 38 (66.67) | 19 (33.33) |
| 20–34 years | 534 (86.97 | 364 (68.16) | 170 (31.84) | |
| ≥35 years | 23 (3.75) | 12 (52.17) | 11 (47.83) | |
| Residency | Urban | 205 (33.39) | 125 (60.98) | 80 (39.02) |
| Rural | 409 (66.61) | 289 (70.66) | 120 (29.34) | |