Prevalence of major disease clusters in the first 60 days of life
| % of all admissions <60 days of age (rank) | % of mortality in those aged <60 days (rank) | |
|---|---|---|
| *Severe infection includes the clinical categories (table 1), neonatal sepsis, severe infection/pneumonia, and meningitis. | ||
| †Prematurity includes children admitted up to the age of 30 days for whom their immaturity was considered the major problem. | ||
| ‡Pneumonia includes children for whom the clinician felt able to make a firm clinical diagnosis of pneumonia rather than the less specific “severe infection”. | ||
| Severe infection* | 38 (1) | 29 (1) |
| Prematurity† | 11 (2) | 28 (2) |
| Pneumonia (aged 30–59 days)‡ | 11 (3) | 0.5 (7) |
| Neonatal jaundice | 10 (4) | 11 (4) |
| Neonatal tetanus | 5 (5) | 16 (3) |
| Birth asphyxia | 4 (6) | 10 (5) |
| Clinically apparent congenital abnormalities | 2 (7) | 2 (6) |
| Respiratory distress/transient tachypnoea | 1 (8) | 0 (8) |