Neonatal-related characteristics of preterm neonates 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 | Censored, N (%) N=414 | Died, N (%) N=200 |
| Place of delivery | Health institution | 586 (95.44) | 402 (68.60) | 184 (31.40) |
| Home | 28 (4.56) | 12 (42.86) | 16 (57.14) | |
| Gestational age | <28 | 13 (2.12) | 11 (84.62) | 2 (15.38) |
| 28–32 | 233 (37.95) | 115 (49.36) | 118 (50.64) | |
| 32–37 | 368 (59.93) | 288 (78.26) | 80 (21.74) | |
| Birth weight | <1000 | 32 (5.21) | 7 (21.88) | 25 (78.13) |
| 1000–1499 | 240 (39.09) | 135 (56.25) | 105 (43.75) | |
| 1500–2499 | 332 (54.07) | 263 (79.22) | 69 (20.78) | |
| ≥2500 | 10 (1.63) | 9 (90.00) | 1 (10.00) | |
| 1-minute Apgar | <7 | 439 (71.50) | 275 (62.64) | 164 (37.36) |
| 7–10 | 175 (28.50) | 139 (79.43) | 36 (20.57) | |
| 5-minute Apgar | <7 | 103 (16.78) | 54 (52.43) | 49 (47.57) |
| 7–10 | 511 (83.22) | 360 (70.45) | 151 (29.55) | |
| Cried immediately after birth | Yes | 470 (76.55) | 338 (71.91) | 132 (28.09) |
| No | 144 (23.45) | 76 (52.78) | 68 (47.22) | |
| Feeding type | Breast feeding | 506 (82.41) | 377 (74.51) | 129 (25.49) |
| Formula feeding | 8 (1.30) | 8 (100.00) | – | |
| Not initiated until the first day of observation | 100 (16.29) | 29 (29.00) | 71 (71.00) | |
| Time feeding was initiated | Within 1 hour after delivery | 142 (28.06) | 110 (77.46) | 32 (22.54) |
| Between 1 and 2 hours after delivery | 68 (13.44) | 62 (91.18) | 6 (8.82) | |
| Greater than 2 hours after delivery | 296 (58.50) | 205 (69.26) | 91 (30.74) | |
| Encountered any feeding difficulty | No | 434 (70.68 | 288 (66.36) | 146 (33.64) |
| Yes | 180 (29.32 | 126 (70.00) | 54 (30.00) | |
| Got breast milk pumps for feeding difficulties | Yes | 164 (26.71) | 117 (71.34) | 47 (28.66) |
| No | 16 (2.61) | 11 (68.75) | 5 (31.25) | |
| Weight for GA | AGA | 450 (73.29) | 326 (72.44) | 124 (27.56) |
| LGA | 9 (1.47) | 8 (88.89) | 1 (11.11) | |
| SGA | 155 (25.24) | 80 (51.61) | 75 (48.39) |
AGA, appropriate for gestational age; LGA, large for gestational age; SGA, small for gestational age.