Table 2

Bivariate analysis of mortality for 1053 hospitalised neonates in Eritrea, 2006

	Alive		Died		p Value
	N	Mean ± SD	N	Mean ± SD	p Value
Gestation age (weeks)	968	36.2±2.3	83	33.2±4.7	<0.01*
Birth weight (kg)	961	2.7±0.8	82	2.1±1	<0.01*
Days of life (days)	969	4.3±7.5	83	2.8±5.5	0.07
Apgar score 1	631	6±2	54	3.3±1.9	<0.01*
Apgar score 5	636	7±2	60	4.9±1.8	<0.01*
Maternal age	958	26.8±5.6	83	25.7±6.2	0.15
Female, %	970	47.1	83	47	0.98
Cesarian section, %	970	23.5	83	10.8	0.01*
Large for gestational age, %	970	6.4	83	12	0.05*
Small for gestational age, %	970	20.6	83	24.1	0.45
Birth at the Maternal Child Hospital, %	970	60.2	83	66.3	0.28
Hypothermia, %	970	21.5	83	39.8	<0.01*
Pneumonia, %	970	27.3	83	49.4	<0.01*

Mortality was associated with lower gestational age, lower birth weight and lower Apgar scores at 1 and 5 min. Deceased patients exhibited a lower rate of delivery via cesarian section, despite a higher incidence of large-for-gestational-age neonates. Rates of hypothermia and pneumonia were higher in patients who did not survive (*p<0.05, significant).