Guyer, G., Wallach, L.A., and Rosen, S.L.: Birthweight Standardized
Neonatal Mortality Rates and the Prevention of Low Birthweight: How Does Massachusetts Compare with Sweden?
UN estimates, RMS and DHIS reported
neonatal mortality rates of ~11-12 per 1 000 live births in 2015.
The
neonatal mortality rate attributable to congenital heart defects was 2.0 per 10,000 live births (Table 1).
The
neonatal mortality rate in 2007 in the Gulf countries, including the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Oman, was between 5 and 6 per cent, while the rate in Bahrain was 11 per cent and in Saudi Arabia 12 per cent, according to Dr Hakam Yaseen, Senior Consultant Neonatologist, and Head of the Paediatric Department at Al Qasimi Hospital.
The
neonatal mortality rate was 5%, with deaths due to immaturity, meningitis, and hydrocephalus combined with prematurity.
aACoeApart from this, the state has also brought down its Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) by three points from 36 to 33 per thousand live births as well as
neonatal mortality rate from 24 to 22 per thousand live births,aACA[yen] he said.
In 2016 it was estimated that sub-Saharan Africa had one of the world's highest
neonatal mortality rates (28/1 000 live births), which is 32% higher than the global
neonatal mortality rate (19/1 000 live births), with prematurity (35%) accounting for the leading cause of neonatal deaths.
The
neonatal mortality rate has also decreased in the past five years, from 55 to 42 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Neonatal mortality rate (NMR), although having declined impressively between 1990 and 2015, remains a global health problem and a major contributor to the high global infant mortality rate (IMR) (8).
She appreciated this training workshop and stressed on continuing such activities in future to train health care providers to improve proper neonatal resuscitation and ventilation care to new born babies to decrease
neonatal mortality rate. She assured the participants that the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will fully support such activities.
In the present study it was observed that,
neonatal mortality rate was 0.4% which is more than the national average and the cause for mortality was low birth weight.