Research Article

Determinants of Low Fifth Minute Apgar Score among Newborn Delivered in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

General neonatal characteristics of newborn delivered at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2018.

VariablesFrequency (%)

Sex of neonate
 Male170 (48.9)
 Female178 (51.1)
Gestational age at birth
 Term225 (64.7)
 Preterm62 (17.8)
 Postterm61 (17.5)
Birth order
 First76 (21.8)
 Second118 (33.9)
 Third and above154 (44.3)
Presentation at birth
 Vertex226 (65)
 Nonvertex122 (35)
5th minute APGAR score
 <740 (11.5)
 ≥7308 (88.5)
Birth weight (kg)
 VLBW1 (0.2)
 LBW21 (6)
 NBW283 (81.3)
 HBW43 (12.3)