title: [Causes of neonatal death in the Xiaogan region of Hubei Province between 2007 and 2010].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the causes of neonatal death in the Xiaogan region of Hubei Province between 2007 and 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  The causes of 664 cases of neonatal death between 2007 and 2010, from 7 counties (cities) of the Xiaogan region of Hubei Province, were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neonatal mortality in the Xiaogan region between 2007 and 2010 accounted for 51.12% of under-five mortality. The top three causes of neonatal death in this region were preterm birth/low birth weight, birth asphyxia and congenital diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to reduce neonatal mortality through the prevention of preterm birth, low birth weight, birth asphyxia and congenital defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health Care, Xiaogan Maternal and Children's Health Care Hospital, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China.
authors.forename: Han-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shu-Jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yao-Zong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jian-Wen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors