Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008–2013

Table 4 Specific early neonatal causes of death from 2008–2013, Kersa HDSS in Ethiopia

Causes of death	2008–2013
Causes of death	Deaths	Cause of death fraction with 95 % CI
Bacterial sepsis of newborn	60	24.2 [19.17–29.84]
Birth asphyxia and perinatal respiratory disorder	82	33.1 [27.42–39.10]
Other diseases related to the perinatal period	8	3.2 [1.51–6.03]
Prematurity (including respiratory distress)	50	20.2 [15.52–25.50
Others ^a	17	6.9 [4.18–10.53]
Undetermined causes of death	15	6.0 [3.56–9.56]
Unspecified causes of death	16	6.5 [3.87–10.05]
Total	248

^a Acute lower respiration including pneumonia, birth trauma, congenital malformation of the nervous system, contact with unspecified venomous animal, intestinal infectious diseases including diarrhea, neonatal pneumonia and tetanus neonatorum

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