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Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 5.7: Early neonatal deaths in West Midlands 1998-2003 - Neonatal and Infant Death classification

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Neonatal & Infant Groups		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Total
Congenital anomalies	No	66	61	62	59	59	49	356
	%	26.1	25.2	24.7	26.8	25.3	18.7	24.4
Asphyxia before birth	No	28	19	13	16	10	18	104
	%	11.1	7.9	5.2	7.3	4.3	6.9	7.1
Severe pulmonary immaturity	No	90	100	109	87	106	122	614
	%	35.6	41.3	43.4	39.5	45.5	46.6	42
Hyaline membrane disease	No	30	27	31	15	12	12	127
	%	11.9	11.2	12.4	6.8	5.2	4.6	8.7
Intracranial haemorrhage	No	3	3	4	2	13	9	34
	%	1.2	1.2	1.6	0.9	5.6	3.4	2.3
Infection	No	22	17	15	19	19	17	109
	%	8.7	7	6	8.6	8.2	6.5	7.5
Cot death	No	2	0	2	1	0	0	5
	%	0.8	0	0.8	0.5	0	0	0.3
Miscellaneous	No	9	11	15	21	12	17	85
	%	3.6	4.5	6	9.5	5.2	6.5	5.8
Unclassified / Unknown	No	3	4	0	0	2	18	27
	%	1.2	1.7	0	0	0.9	6.9	1.8
Total	No	253	242	251	220	233	262	1461
	%	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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