Main clinical indication for admission of the babies
| Location | Very premature (gestation <32 weeks) or very low birth weight (<1500 g) N (%) | Asphyxia N (%) | Congenital malformation* N (%) | Other† N (%) | Total N (%) |
| Ibadan | 10 (31) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 5 (16) | 17 (53) |
| Zaria | 2 (6) | 4 (13) | 2 (6) | 7 (22) | 15 (47) |
| Total | 12 (38) | 5 (16) | 3 (9) | 12 (38) | 32 (100) |
*Posterior urethral valves, cystic hygroma, spina bifida.
†Gestational age 32–36 weeks, low birth weight <2500 g, jaundice, sepsis.