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Table 2 Maternal and Newborn Predictors (%)

From: Predictors of neonatal mortality in Ghana: evidence from 2017 Ghana maternal health survey

Characteristics

Number

Percentage %

Place of Delivery

Home

2159

20.3

Public Health Facility

7135

67.2

Private Health Facility

1208

11.4

Others

122

1.1

Mode of Delivery

Caesarean Section

1277

15.8

Not Caesarean Section

9347

84

Size of Baby at birth

Large

4437

41.2

Average

4264

40.1

Small

1923

18.1

Sex of baby

Boy

5375

50.6

Girl

5249

49.4

Skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth

Yes

5254

49.5

No

5370

50.4

  1. Source: GMHS 2017