Characteristics of newborns^a

Place of delivery

Value

p^d

Hospitals with NITU^b

Hospitals without NITU^c

Home/In transit

n

%

n

%

n

%

342

63.7

176

32.8

19

3.5

Race/Color

0.007

White

294

54.7

167

31.1

12

2.2

Mixed

42

7.8

12

2.2

3

0.5

Negro

5

0.9

4

0.7

3

0.5

Asiatic

2

0.4

2

0.4

-

-

Indigenous

-

-

3

0.6

1

0.2

Gender

0.221

Male

190

35.4

105

19.5

10

1.8

Female

151

28.1

71

13.2

9

1.7

Type of delivery

0.000

Vaginal

169

31.5

87

16.2

19

100.0

Caesarean section

173

32.2

89

16.6

-

-

Weight at birth (g)

0.000

≤1000

193

35.9

50

9.3

10

1.8

1000 - 1499

53

9.9

17

3.2

3

0.6

1500 - 2499

58

10.8

35

6.5

1

0.2

≥2500

38

7.1

74

13.8

5

0.9

Pregnancy age (weeks)

0.000

22 - 26

170

31.6

45

8.4

9

1.7

27 - 31

73

13.6

15

2.8

5

0.9

32 - 36

58

10.8

36

6.7

1

0.2

≥37

32

6.0

77

14.3

4

0.7

Apgar Score 1^st minute

0.000

Grave asphyxia (≤3)

197

36.7

78

14.5

3

0.6

Mild asphyxia (4 - 6)

78

14.5

35

6.5

1

0.2

Without asphyxia (≥7)

66

12.3

63

11.7

-

-

Apgar Score 5^th minute

0.007

Grave asphyxia (≤3)

84

15.6

39

7.3

2

0.4

Mild asphyxia (4 - 6)

75

14.0

38

7.0

2

0.4

Without asphyxia (≥7)

182

33.9

99

18.4

-

-

Transference of post-partum NB

13

2.4

118

22.0

6

1.1

0.333