Primary reason for admission from hospital and home (2011–2013)
| Reason for admission | Babies (n) | % |
| Hospital | ||
| Respiratory disease | 30 961 | 24.0 |
| Infection | 22 750 | 17.7 |
| Missing | 20 663 | 16.0 |
| Other unspecified | 16 675 | 13.0 |
| Hypoglycaemia | 12 925 | 10.0 |
| Jaundice | 6950 | 5.4 |
| Asphyxia | 3236 | 2.5 |
| Poor feeding | 2703 | 2.1 |
| Congenital abnormality | 1959 | 1.5 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1768 | 1.4 |
| Other specified | 8198 | 6.4 |
| Total | 128 788 | |
| Home | ||
| Jaundice | 1082 | 22.3 |
| Weight loss | 758 | 15.6 |
| Respiratory disease | 753 | 15.5 |
| Other unspecified | 554 | 11.4 |
| Infection | 547 | 11.3 |
| Poor feeding | 355 | 7.3 |
| Missing | 217 | 4.5 |
| Hypoglycaemia | 208 | 4.3 |
| Asphyxia | 84 | 1.7 |
| Other specified | 300 | 6.2 |
| Total | 4858 | |