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Table 1 Socio-demographic, health and physical factors of respondents

From: The neonatal mortality and its determinants in rural communities of Eastern Uganda

Variables

Died/live birth total

Newborn death per 1000 live births

Un-adjusted RR (95 % CI)

P-value

Overall

70/2053

34.10

  

Age at the interview

 15–19

1/317

3.20

0.10 (0.01–0.77)

 

 20–24

17/ 604

28.10

0.91 (0.45–1.81)

 

 25–29

15/ 488

30.70

1.00

<0.001

 30–34

16/ 357

44.80

1.46 (0.73–2.90)

 

 35–39

13/ 200

65.00

2.11 (1.02–4.35)

 

 40 and above

8/ 87

92.00

2.99 (1.31–6.83)

 

Marital Status

 Single

1/99

10.10

1.00

0.27

 Married

68/ 1889

36.00

3.60 (0.51–25.67)

 

 Widowed/Divorced/separated

1/65

15.40

1.54 (0.98–24.16)

 

Education level

 Post primary

3/ 166

18.10

1.00

0.21

 None

54/ 1393

38.80

2.15 (0.68–6.78)

 

 Primary

13/ 494

26.30

1.46 (0.42–5.05)

 

Occupation

 Income earner

6/195

30.80

1.00

0.67

 Peasant farmer

60/ 1686

35.60

0.63 (0.18–2.23)

 

 House Wife

4/ 172

23.30

0.96 (0.42–2.19)

 

Religion

 Protestant

28/ 918

30.50

1.00

0.80

 Catholic

21/ 500

42.00

1.38 (0.79–2.39)

 

 Muslims

9/ 311

28.90

0.95 (0.45–1.89)

 

 Pentecostal

11/ 296

37.20

1.21 (0.61–2.41)

 

 Others

1/28

35.7

1.17 (0.16–8.29)

 

Quintile

 1 (Poorest household)

19/ 411

46.20

1.00

0.60

 2

11/420

26.20

0. 57 (0. 27–1.18)

 

 3

12/ 387

31.00

0. 67 (0.33–1.36)

 

 4

14/ 407

34.40

0. 74 (0.38–1.46)

 

 5

14/ 428

32.70

0.64 (0.32–1.32)

 

Parity

 Parity less than 5

22/ 1178

18.70

1.00

 

 Para 5 and above

48/ 875

54.90

2.94 (1.79–4.83)

<0.001

Number of ANC visits

 ANC <4 times

52/1169

44.50

1.00

 

 ANC 4 times and above

18/884

20.40

0.45 (0.26–0.78)

0.004

Time of ANC access

  < =3 month

10/517

19.30

0.50 (0.26–0.96)

0.037

 4 and above

60/ 1536

39.10

1.00

 

Place of delivery

 Health facility

47/1353

34.70

1.00

 

 Community

23/700

32.90

0.95 (0.58–1.54)

0.824

Baby experienced danger signs

 No

11/572

19.30

1.00

 

 Yes

59/ 1481

39.80

2.07 (1.10–3.91)

0.025

Newborn with Low birth weight

 Yes

7/ 109

64.20

2.18 (1.01–4.72)

0.048

 No

44/1493

29.50

1.00

 

 Missing

19/ 451

42.10

  

Received CHWs home visits

 Never received a CHWs visit

68/ 1810

38.10

1.00

 

 Received CHWs visit

2/ 243

12.30

0.23 (0.05–0.89)

0.033

  1. CI confidence interval, RR Risk Ratio