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Table 9 Condition of baby after birth among cases and controls

From: Birth attendance and magnitude of obstetric complications in Western Kenya: a retrospective case–control study

 

Case

Control

P-value

Condition of baby after birth

n (227)

(%)

N (183)

(%)

Cried immediately

162

(71.4)

171

(93.4)

p < 0.01

Baby was not okay; was taken to nursery/new born unit/health facility

41

(18.1)

11

(6.0)

p < 0.01

Was born dead/died immediately was born

21

(9.3)

1

(0.5)

p < 0.01

Others

3

(1.3)

0

(0.0)

p < 0.01

Total

227

(100.0)

183

(100.0)