BH | KCH | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surviving infants | Surviving infants | Surviving infants | ||||
n/total | Per cent | n/total | Per cent | n/total | Per cent | |
Weight at birth | ||||||
ELBW (<1000 g) | 0/25 | 0 | 3/20 | 15 | 3/45 | 7 |
VLBW (1000–1499 g) | 54/114 | 47 | 49/83 | 59 | 103/197 | 52 |
LBW (1500–1999 g) | 222/278 | 80 | 106/129 | 82 | 328/407 | 81 |
LBW (2000–2499 g) | 656/684 | 96 | 148/163 | 91 | 804/847 | 95 |
All | 932/1101 | 85 | 306/395 | 77 | 1238/1496 | 83 |
BH, Bwaila Hospital; ELBW, extremely low birth weight; KCH, Kamuzu Central Hospital; LBW, low birth weight; VLBW, very low birth weight.