Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 5.12: Post Neonatal Deaths Analysed using major Neonatal and Infant Death classification groups 1998-2002


Neonatal/Infant groups 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
Congenital anomalies No 35 41 35 34 30 175
  % 28.0 30.6 30.7 31.5 22.1 28.4
Asphyxia before birth No 1 0 1 0 1 3
  % 0.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.7 0.5
Severe pulmonary immaturity No 5 6 6 6 5 28
  % 4.0 4.5 5.3 5.6 3.7 4.5
Hyaline membrane disease No 0 1 2 2 3 8
  % 0.0 0.7 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.3
Intracranial haemorrhage No 1 1 1 1 4 8
  % 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 2.9 1.3
Infection No 23 25 17 27 22 114
  % 18.4 18.7 14.9 25.0 16.2 18.5
Cot death No 33 29 23 17 16 118
% 26.4 21.6 20.2 15.7 11.8 19.1
Miscellaneous No 17 15 10 12 20 74
  % 13.6 11.2 8.8 11.1 14.7 12.0
Unclassifed / Unknown No 10 16 19 9 35 89
  % 8.0 11.9 16.7 8.3 25.7 14.4
Total No 125 134 114 108 136 617
  % 100 100 100 100 100 100

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