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Table 4 Underlying causes of post-neonatal death by maternal age (n = 180).

From: Socioeconomic factors and adolescent pregnancy outcomes: distinctions between neonatal and post-neonatal deaths?

 

Cause of death (%)

Maternal age (years)

Accidental n (%)

SIDS/respiratory arrest n (%)

Perinatal/congenital n (%)

Infectious n (%)

All other n (%)

Total n (%)

12–17

8(15)

16(31)

12 (23)

4(8)

12 (23)

52 (100)

18–19

11 (17)

34 (52)

9(14)

1(2)

11 (17)

66 (100)

20–35

4(6)

22 (35)

16 (26)

2(3)

18 (29)

62 (100)

  1. chi-square = 14.3, p = 0.08