Question: ____ are the leading cause of neonatal mortality?
Answer: Mortality rates for the five leading causes of neonatal death were 97.7 neonatal deaths per 100,000 births for low birthweight; 86.4 for congenital malformations; 35.3 for maternal complications; 21.0 for placenta, cord, and membrane complications; and 14.0 for bacterial sepsis (Figure 4).