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Table 1 Newborn patient characteristics, weighted proportions (%)

From: Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya

 

Total (n = 1184)

Public (n = 490)

Mission (n = 221)

Private (n = 473)

Age at admission

  <24 h

50.7

48.0

55.2

62.0

 1 day

20.0

23.0

15.5

6.3

 2–7 days

16.3

17.3

12.3

15.3

  >1 week

5.5

5.3

1.7

13.1

 Not recorded

7.5

6.4

15.2

3.3

Length of stay

  <7 days

63.8

64.3

81.4

55.0

 7–13 days

14.9

18.0

6.3

15.6

 14–28 days

7.5

8.4

0.9

9.7

  >28 days

4.7

3.9

3.2

6.3

 Not recorded

9.1

5.5

8.1

13.3

Sex

 Male

51.2

51.1

50.6

52.8

 Female

42.9

42.3

45.4

42.9

 Not recorded

5.9

6.6

3.9

4.3

Delivery mode

 Spontaneous

52.4

57.9

44.9

26.1

 Caesarean section

40.4

36.7

48.9

52.5

 Assisted or breech

1.3

0.7

1.9

4.4

 Not recorded

6.0

4.8

4.3

17.0

Birthweight

  <1 kg

1.2

0.8

0.6

4.8

 1–1.4 kg

6.2

6.5

2.1

10.9

 1.5–2.4 kg

21.9

23.4

13.7

24.3

 2.5–4 kg

58.8

59.7

67.5

39.2

  >4 kg

5.4

4.6

8.9

5.4

 Not recorded

6.4

4.9

7.2

15.3

Gestational age

 Very preterm (<32 wk)

7.0

7.0

2.2

14.6

 Moderate or late preterm (32–36 wk)

16.2

15.5

13.3

25.4

 Term (37–42 wk)

37.0

44.3

13.2

24.5

 Not recorded

39.8

33.1

71.3

35.5

Apgar at 5 min

 0–3

2.2

2.9

0.6

0.2

 4–6

14.6

15.9

12.9

8.2

 7–10

69.3

69.6

74.9

58.9

 Not recorded

13.8

11.6

11.5

32.8

HIV exposure status

 Exposed

4.4

5.0

3.2

2.6

 Not exposed

58.2

66.5

41.6

27.1

 Not recorded

37.3

28.5

55.2

70.4

  1. Weighted proportions ensure that each facility contributed to the results as a proportion of their contribution to the total admissions across facilities and within their sector. The total refers to weighted results across all 28 facilities