Child mortality from solid-fuel use in India: a nationally-representative case-control study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence Ratio of solid fuel use comparing post-neonatal deaths (between 29 days and 1 year of age) and living controls (younger than 1 year), India 1998-1999.

	Boys				Girls
	Post-Neonatal Deaths/Living Controls				Post-Neonatal Deaths/Living Controls
	(n = 1,436)	(n = 68,529)			(n = 1,790)	(n = 61,873)
	n	%	PR*	(95% CI)	n	%	PR*	(95% CI)
Type of Fuel
Non-solid fuels^a	241/13,920	16.8/20.3	1.00		346/12,356	19.3/20.0	1.00
Solid fuels^b
Solid fuels^b/Sep. kitchen	584/28,008	40.6/40.9	0.95	(0.79-1.15)	640/25,316	35.8/40.9	0.85	(0.71-1.01)
Solid fuels^b/Non-sep kitchen	613/26,630	42.6/38.8	0.95	(0.78-1.16)	804/24,224	44.9/39.1	1.01	(0.85-1.21)
All^c	1,197/54,638	83.2/79.7	0.95	(0.79-1.15)	1,444/49,540	80.7/80.0	0.91	(0.77-1.07)

* Estimated through Poisson regression, adjusted for rural/urban, type of house, education of the head of the household, latrine type and number of siblings (as a continuous variable). ^a Non-solid fuels: kerosene, gas/natural gas, electricity and biogas; ^bSolid fuels: coal/coke/lignite, firewood, dung, and crop residue. ^c Exposed to solid fuels regardless of type of kitchen (estimated in a separated regression model).

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