Child Health
Mission
Child survival in SEAR
Main areas of work
Future Thrust Areas
Annual No. of deaths
Indicators
Publications
Collaborating Centres
Calendar
Adolescent Heath
Annual number of deaths by cause for neonates in South-East Asia Region - Estimation for 2008
Cause
Number (in 000s)*
Percentage (%)
Neonatal Infection #
365
28
Prematurity and Low Birth Weight
336
26
Birth Asphyxia and Birth Trauma
264
20
Congenital Anomalies
56
4
Diarrhoeal Diseases
38
3
Neonatal Tetanus
16
1
Other diseases
219
17
Total
1,294
Sources:
World Health Statistics 2011
*http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/Neonatal_mortality_estimates_2008_cod_country.xls
# including deaths from pneumonia and sepsis
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