Table 1. Most Common Reasons for Hospital Stays Among Neonates

Most Common Principal Diagnoses Total Number of Hospital Stays
(in thousands)
Percent of Hospital Stays for All Neonates
Newborn infants 3,899 95.3
Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice 32 0.8
Prematurity, low birth weight, and fetal growth retardation 23 0.6
Post-birth respiratory problems not elsewhere classified 13 0.3
Perinatal infections not elsewhere classified 11 0.3
Respiratory distress in infancy 11 0.3
Acute bronchitis 8 0.2
Cardiac and circulatory birth defects 8 0.2
Digestive birth defects 6 0.2
Newborn transitory tachypnea (rapid breathing) 5 0.1

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