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Table 1 Causes of neonatal death (children < 28 days)

From: Main causes of death in Dande, Angola: results from Verbal Autopsies of deaths occurring during 2009–2012

< 28 days

Female (n = 8)

Male (n = 19)

Total (N = 27)

 

N

%

n

%

N

%

Perinatal period conditions

8

100.0

9

47.4

17

63.0

Intestinal infectious diseases (diarrhea)

0

0.0

1

5.3

1

3.7

Malaria

0

0.0

1

5.3

1

3.7

Meningitis

0

0.0

1

5.3

1

3.7

Traffic accidents

0

0.0

1

5.3

1

3.7

Unknow (R95-R99)

0

0.0

1

5.3

1

3.7

Indeterminate

0

0.0

5

26.3

5

18.5

Total

8

 

19

 

27