Table 3 Final causes of death in the three geographical groups (number, percentage and rate/1000 live births).
From: Improving survival rates of newborn infants in South Africa
Final Causes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Metropolitan | Cities and Towns | Rural | ||||||
| Â | Number | % | Rate | Number | % | Rate | Number | % | Rate |
Hypoxia | 462 | 36.46 | 2.30 | 515 | 33.12 | 3.50 | 405 | 37.02 | 3.85 |
Immaturity related | 324 | 25.57 | 1.61 | 642 | 41.29 | 4.37 | 408 | 37.29 | 3.88 |
Infection | 175 | 13.81 | 0.87 | 163 | 10.48 | 1.11 | 93 | 8.50 | 0.88 |
Congenital abnormalities | 209 | 16.50 | 1.04 | 133 | 8.55 | 0.90 | 85 | 7.77 | 0.81 |
Trauma | 13 | 1.03 | 0.06 | 11 | 0.71 | 0.07 | 11 | 1.01 | 0.10 |
Other | 84 | 6.63 | 0.42 | 91 | 5.85 | 0.62 | 92 | 8.41 | 0.87 |
Total | 1267 | 100.00 | 6.31 | 1555 | 100.00 | 10.58 | 1094 | 100.00 | 10.40 |