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Table 4 Classification of cause specific mortality among neonates

From: Impact of a community-based perinatal and newborn preventive care package on perinatal and neonatal mortality in a remote mountainous district in Northern Pakistan

Causes of neonatal deaths

Number of deaths

Percent

Prematurity

45

36.3

Sepsis

32

25.8

Birth asphyxia

23

18.5

Tetanus

8

6.5

Birth injury

4

3.2

Congenital abnormality

3

2.4

Unexplained deaths

9

7.3