Causes of neonatal (newborn) deaths related to health service in Baghdad

The aim of the research was to conduct an analytical study of mortality at Alwaiya Children Teaching Hospital (ACTH) in Baghdad governoratefrom June 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, in order to find the ratio of general mortality to total acceptability. The results shown that 790 neonatal were death 53.19% from 1485 neonatal, the infection disease was 841 neonatal, 56.63% of all neonatal admitted to the hospital, and that 497 of the deceased's neonatal had an infection disease was 62.9% of the total death, however, respiratory disease was 295 neonatal, 37.34% of the total. Therefore, the mortality rate for respiratory patients is 81.71% of neonatal with respiratory diseases. Moreover, the number of death with a neurological disease is 182, 23.04% of the neonatal total deaths, and the percentage of deaths related to neurological diseases is 62.12% of those with neurological diseases. The risk factors affecting mortality are: masculinity, premature, birth weight loss and poor overall condition, so preterm birth and underweight should be avoided as much as possible with the ideal care of pregnant women. The parents should not be delay the hospital review before the neonatal condition gets worse. Therefore, there must be emphasis on methods and preventive measures that limit the spread of the infection, and there should be policies with written and clear instructions to all staff in the hospital indicating the role of each one and the procedures to be followed when dealing with neonatal. Infectious diseases are the leading cause or contributor to death, followed by respiratory diseases in the second rank, then congenital malformations in the third rank, then neurological diseases, surgical conditions and heart diseases.