Clinical cause of neonatal mortality in Iran: analysis of the national Iranian Maternal And Neonatal network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The neonatal mortality rate is a main indicator of the health and development of a country. Having insight into the cause of neonatal deaths may be the first step to reducing it. This paper depicts the cause of newborn deaths in Iran.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was performed on data from the national Iranian Maternal And Neonatal network to investigate all neonatal deaths in the country during the year 2019. The cause of death data were reported according to categories of birth weight, gestational age (GA), death time and place.

Results

The main causes of the 9959 neonatal deaths during the study period were respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (37%), malformation (21%), prematurity of <26 weeks (20%), others (12%), asphyxia (7%) and infection (3%).

SUBMITTER: Habibelahi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961515 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature