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However, little is known about low birth weight neonatal incidence and predictors of Mortality in Ethiopia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study aimed to assess the incidence and predictors of mortality among low birth weight neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at a public hospital, in Northeast, Ethiopia, 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An institution-based retrospective follow-up study was conducted among 416 low-birth-weight neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit from January 1, 2019 to December 30, 2021. Epi-data version 3.1 was used for data entry and Stata14 software for analysis. The Kaplan\u2013Meier survival curve and the Log-rank test were used to estimate the cumulative survival time and compare the probability of survival time among variables. Multi-variable and bi-variable Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify predictor variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Out of 416 Low birth weight neonates, 107 (25.72%) (95% CI: 21.51, 29.93) of them died. The overall incidence rate of mortality was 42.83 per 1,000 (95% CI: 35.34, 51.77) with 2,498 person-days of observation. Twin pregnancy [adjusted hazard ratio (AHR): 1.7 (95% CI: 1.42, 3.29)], Sepsis (AHR: 1.5; 95% CI: 1.01, 2.32), respiratory distress syndrome (AHR: 1.6; 95% CI: 1.15, 2.68), maternal history of HIV (AHR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.54, 3.42), maternal DM (AHR: 2.5; 95% CI: 1.70, 3.87) and preeclampsia (AHR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.23, 2.73) were found to be significant predictors of low birth weight (LBW) neonatal mortality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The incidence rate of low birth weight neonatal mortality was high and continues as a public health issue. 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