Low bih - weight babies are at a higher risk of dying in the first week because -: (A) Congenital anomaly, bih injury and infections, (B) Bih injury, convulsions and asphyxia, (C) Convulsions, congenital anomaly and hypothermia, (D) Hypothermia, asphyxia and infections
Answer is A. The foetal causes of low bih weights are foetal abnormalities,intauterine infections,bih injury etc.REF.PARK'S TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE.Editon-21.Page no.-494