Survival of low birthweight neonates in Uganda: analysis of progress between 1995 and 2011

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Malachi ArundaBenedict Oppong Asamoah

Abstract

Although low birthweight (LBW) babies represent only 15.5% of global births, it is the leading underlying cause of deaths among newborns in countries where neonatal mortality rates are high. In Uganda, like many other sub-Saharan African countries, the progress of reducing neonatal mortality has been slow and the contribution of low birthweight to neonatal deaths over time is unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between low birthweight and neonatal mortality and to determine the trends of neonatal deaths attributable to low birthweight in Uganda between 1995 and 2011. Cross-sectional survey datasets from Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys between 1995 and 2011 were analyzed using binary logistic regression with 95% confidence interval (CI) and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to examine associations and trends of neonatal mortalities with respect to LBW. A total of 5973 singleton last-born live births with measured birthweights were included in the study. The odds of mortality among low birthweight neonates relative to normal birthweight babies were; in 1995, 6.2 (95% CI 2.3 -17.0), in 2000-2001, 5.3 (95% CI 1.7 -16.1), in 2006, 4.3 (95% CI 1.3 - 14.2) and in 2011, 3.8 (95% CI 1.3 - 11.2). The propo...Continue Reading

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