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Neonatal jaundice

Country Criteria Preterm (%) Age (days) BF (%) Associated pathology
Blood group incompatibility G6PD deficiency Infection Idiopathic/no known cause
n N (%) n N (%) n N (%) n N (%)
India 103 ET 21 141 14.9 24 141 17.2 34 141 24.1 50 141 35.4
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Pakistan ET 11 27 40.1 2 27 7.4 6 27 22.2
Papua New Guinea ET 10 100 4 11 36.4 3 11 27.3 2 11 18.2 2 11 18.2
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Australia ET 166 248 66.9 2 248 0.8 2 248 0.8
Ghana 104 > 340 0 0–8 15 35 42.9 13 35 37.1 10 35 28.6
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Nigeria ET 16 0–7 16 53 30.2 21 53 39.6 0 53 0 11 53 20.7
Nigeria 105 > 204 15 109 13.8 67 109 61.5 24 109 22 13 109 11.9
UK 106 > 510 0–31 87.7 39 106 36.8 5 106 4.7 4 106 3.8 29 106 27.3
Turkey 107 > 425 0 8 21 38.1 4 21 19.5 10 21 47.5
Turkey 108 > 428 0–30 100 14 93 15.1 2 39 5.1 7 93 7.5 61 93 65.6
Greece 109 ET 35 75 46.7 14 75 18.7
Iran 100 ET 100 2 14 14.3 0 14 0 9 14 64.3
Denmark 110 > 450 8.8 0–28 100 54 113 47.8 1 113 0.9
Canada 111 > 425 0–60 81.4 60 258 23.2 20 258 7.75 3 258 1.2
Kernicterus
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China K 51 156 32.7 58 156 37.2
UK 106 K 4 14 28.6 3 14 21.4 2 14 14.3 1 14 7.1
Nigeria 112 BE 35 115 30.4 40 115 34.8 16 115 13.9
Ghana 104 K 6 17 35.3 8 17 47 3 17 17.6
USA 113 K 1 14 7.1 3 14 21.4 2 14 14.3 6 14 42.8
USA K 24 125 19.2 26 125 20.8 44 125 35.2
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Singapore K 4 8 50 0 8 0
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Greece 109 K 1 6 16.7 3 6 50
Turkey 108 K 1 6 16.7 1 6 16.7 3 6 50 1 6 16.7
Turkey K 3 6 50 1 6 16.7
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BE = bilirubin encephalopathy; BF = breastfeeding; ET = exchange transfusion; ICD = International Classification of Diseases; K = kernicterus; PT = phototherapy.

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