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Table 2 Association between factors of the mother, the household and the health system and neonatal mortality (bivariate analysis) in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam.

From: Distance decay in delivery care utilisation associated with neonatal mortality. A case referent study in northern Vietnam

 

Cases

(n)

Referents

(n)

Crude odds ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

Socioeconomic determinants

    

Maternal ethnicity

    

   Kinh

371

68

Ref

 

   Minority

228

115

2.75

1.94 - 3.91

Maternal education

    

   Tertiary school or higher

40

207

Ref

 

   Secondary school

39

151

1.33

0.82 - 2.18

   Primary school

37

134

1.43

0.87 - 2.35

   No schooling

65

106

3.17

1.97 - 5.09

Household economy

    

   5th quintile (rich)

12

120

Ref

 

   4th quintile

22

120

1.83

0.86 - 3.89

   3rd quintile

23

113

2.04

0.96 - 4.31

   2nd quintile

60

124

4.84

2.41 - 9.71

   1st quintile (poor)

66

122

5.41

2.69 - 10.9

Proximate determinants

    

Distance to closest health facility

    

   1st quintile (<401 m)

30

119

Ref

 

   2nd quintile (402 - 740 m)

26

120

1.28

0.68 - 2.44

   3rd quintile (741 - 1256 m)

32

119

1.60

0.86 - 2.97

   4th quintile (1257 - 2232 m)

48

120

2.38

1.32 - 4.29

   5th quintile (>2233 m)

54

119

2.70

1.50 - 4.85

   Close (1st to 3rd quintile)

78

358

Ref

 

   Remote (4th to 5th quintile)

102

239

1.96

1.39 - 2.75

Antenatal care visits

    

   Yes

113

507

Ref

 

   No

70

91

3.45

2.35 - 5.07

Place of delivery

    

   Regional hospital

37

152

Ref

 

   District hospital

75

277

1.11

0.72 - 1.73

   CHC

13

90

0.59

0.29 - 1.18

   Home

58

80

2.98

1.79 - 4.96

   Facility delivery

80

519

Ref

 

   Home delivery

58

125

3.01

2.02 - 4.49