Background: The greatest risk of childhood death occurs during the neonatal period, which extends from birth through the first 28 days of life. About 60 percent of all deaths to children under age 5 and nearly two-thirds of infant deaths (birth to 12 months) occur during the neonatal period. About two-thirds of all neonatal deaths occur during the first week of life. Objectives: To study the incidence of neonatal morbidity in NICU, causes of neonatal morbidity in NICU, find out complications of neonatal morbidity, and find out number of home deliveries and hospital deliveries in NICU. Study Design: Retrospective Study. Material and Methods: A convenient sampling technique will be used whereby; all the patients who presented to NICU during study period would be included. An informed consent will be obtained and assessed clinically and laboratory investigation. The data analysis will be done using the Excel program. result : Prematurity, low birth weight, birth asphyxia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and sepsis are the major causes of morbidity and mortality to the neonatal intensive care unit. The high neonatal mortality warrants an urgent need to identify and reduced the risk factors with emphasis on prematurity, low birth weight, birth asphyxia and sepsis. onclusion: according to this study RDS, birth asphyxia and neonatal sepsis are leading causes of morbidities in newborn babies. In spite of many advances in neonatal care above factors still continue to be the leading causes of morbidity in neonates.

Keywords : NICU; Prematurity; Sepsis; Low Birth Weight