Maternal Demographics and Neonatal Clinical Data from Tigray Ethiopia NICUs

9.5 KB dataset contains socio-demographic data on mothers and clinical characteristics of neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in public general hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia. The data was collected during the 2024/25 period and is authored by Teklebrhan Welderufael Kidane. Specific row and column counts are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyze associations between maternal socio-demographic factors and neonatal clinical outcomes like Low Birth Weight or Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
• Compare Survival Curves for neonates based on clinical characteristics and interventions such as Kangaroo Mother Care.
• Investigate the impact of feeding practices, including Initiated Trophic Feeding, on neonatal health outcomes.

Strengths

• Data is recent, collected during the 2024/25 period and last updated in March 2026.
• Dataset includes specific clinical variables relevant to neonatology, such as Low Birth Weight and Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
• Released under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited scope and likely a small sample size.
• Key structural details like the number of rows and columns are unknown, hindering assessment of analytical potential.
• Geographic scope is limited to public hospitals in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Teklebrhan Welderufael Kidane via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collection period specified, but exact methodology is not detailed.

Time Range

2024/25.

Freshness

Data is recent, last updated on 2026-03-23.

Geography

Public general hospitals in the Tigray region, Ethiopia.