Department of Statistics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Research Article
Prevalence for the Risk of Neonatal Death and Associated Factors under Treatment in Public Hospitals in Amhara Region, North-West, Ethiopia
Author(s): Awoke Seyoum Tegegne* and Getu Degu Alene
Background: Neonatal mortality is the death of the neonate within the first month of life. Globally each year over four million neonates died within
28 days of birth. In Ethiopia, the prevalence of neonatal mortality is not proportional across regions as such the Amhara region was the second
highest neonatal mortality with 54 deaths per 1000 live births. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of
neonatal mortality in Public hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 1299 randomly selected neonates for the current study from March to
May 2023. A multistage sampling technique with Logistic regression model was conducted in current study. Administered structured questioners,
prepared by WHO in 2016 were used for data collecti.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2165-7920.2024.14.1625
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