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In Ethiopia, NEC-related mortality rates vary from 45% to 89%, reflecting both the severity of the disease and inconsistencies in existing evidence. Moreover, little is known about the predictors of NEC-related mortality in the local context. This underscores the need for a locally derived predictive model to support early risk stratification and guide clinical decision-making.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective cohort study was conducted among 251 neonates hospitalized with Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Data were analyzed using R, a multivariable analysis was performed to identify predictors of mortality, and\u2009a nomogram was developed. Model performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and calibration plot. Bootstrapping was used to validate all accuracy measures. A decision curve analysis was used to evaluate the clinical and public health utility of our model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>NEC mortality rate was 51% (95%CI: 45.00-57.34). Out born delivery, lower gestational age, disease onset\u2009\u2a7d3\u2009days, delayed first feeding beyond 48\u2009hours of postnatal age, abdominal wall erythema, stage III NEC, severe thrombocytopenia, clinical deterioration within 48\u2009hours of diagnosis, and hospital-acquired infection were Key predictors remained in the reduced model. The AUC of the original model was 0.965 (95%CI: 0.943, 0.982), whereas the nomogram model has an AUC of 0.959 (95%CI: 0.942, 0.982). Our decision curve analysis for the model provides a higher net benefit across ranges of threshold probabilities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our model has excellent discrimination and calibration performance. Similarly, the nomogram model has excellent model ability with an insignificant loss of accuracy from the original. 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