Table 1 Maternal and delivery characteristics of neonates admitted to Kiwoko Hospital NICU (December 2005 through September 2008)
From: Demographics, clinical characteristics and neonatal outcomes in a rural Ugandan NICU
All neonates | Inborn | Outborn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (No.) | % | (No.) | % | (No.) | |
Mother | ||||||
Maternal age | ||||||
<18 | 10.5 | (53) | 11.2 | (33) | 9.4 | (15) |
18-24 | 40.9 | (206) | 38.3 | (113) | 45.0 | (72) |
25-34 | 39.5 | (199) | 41.7 | (123) | 36.3 | (58) |
35-39 | 7.5 | (38) | 7.1 | (21) | 8.1 | (13) |
≥40 | 1.6 | (8) | 1.7 | (5) | 1.3 | (2) |
Any prenatal care | 95.8 | (723) | 97.4 | (444) | 95.0 | (209) |
Maternal death | 0.6 | (4) | 0.5 | (2) | 0.5 | (1) |
Delivery | ||||||
Mode of transportation | ||||||
Vehicle* | 53.4 | (335) | 53.3 | (196) | 55.4 | (107) |
Motorcycle | 40.2 | (252) | 40.0 | (147) | 39.9 | (77) |
Bicycle or foot | 6.4 | (40) | 6.8 | (25) | 4.7 | (9) |
Type of birth attendant | ||||||
Doctor | 30.9 | (231) | 45.4 | (207) | 1.8 | (4) |
Nurse/midwife | 57.7 | (431) | 54.4 | (248) | 69.1 | (150) |
Traditional birth attendant | 7.5 | (56) | 0.0 | (0) | 20.3 | (44) |
Family or other | 3.9 | (29) | 0.2 | (1) | 8.8 | (19) |
Mode of delivery | ||||||
Vaginal | 68.1 | (513) | 54.6 | (257) | 99.1 | (210) |
Vesarean section | 31.9 | (240) | 45.4 | (214) | 0.9 | (2) |
Singleton | 77.2 | (457) | 80.6 | (279) | 74.2 | (141) |