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Table 1 Maternal and infant baseline, number of infant deaths and infant mortality rates in a cohort of 866 live births in Banfora Health District, Burkina Faso

From: The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort study

 

Mothers (n = 846)

Live births (n = 866)

Infant deaths

Infant mortality rates (per 1000 live births)

N (%)

N (%)

(N = 98)

Categorical variables

Area of residence

Banfora

418 (49)

429 (50)

56

130.5

Soubakénédougou

208 (25)

212 (24)

18

85.0

Sidéradougou

220 (26)

225 (26)

24

106.7

Distance to nearest health facility

≤5 km

406 (48)

419 (48)

55

131.3

>5 km

440 (52)

447 (52)

43

96.2

Maternal age

<20

132 (16)

133 (15)

17

127.8

20-35

626 (74)

644 (75)

75

116.5

>35

88 (10)

89 (10)

6

67.4

Parity

0

138 (16)

139 (16)

19

136.7

1

137 (16)

141 (16)

17

120.6

2-4

393(47)

406 (47)

43

105.9

5+

178 (21)

180 (21)

19

105.6

Polygynous household

Yes

409 (48)

420 (48)

61

145.2

No

437 (52)

446 (52)

37

83.0

Maternal education

None

678 (80)

694 (80)

78

112.4

Literacy/primary school

116 (14)

120 (14)

17

141.7

Secondary school

52 (06)

52 (06)

3

57.7

Socio-economic status

(based on household assets)a

Quintile 1 (most poor)

182 (22)

184 (21)

17

92.4

Quintile 2

156 (18)

163 (19)

26

159.5

Quintile 3

178 (21)

178 (21)

21

118.0

Quintile 4

166 (20)

174 (20)

14

80.5

Quintile 5 (least poor)

164 (19)

167 (19)

20

119.8

Previous child deathb

Yes

419 (59)

429 (59)

54

125.9

No

289 (41)

298 (41)

25

83.9

Antenatal care visits

0

237 (28)

240 (28)

25

104.2

1-2

455 (54)

466 (54)

58

124.5

>2

154 (18)

160 (18)

15

93.8

Mother sleeps under bednet

Yes

324 (38)

332 (38)

32

96.4

No

522 (62)

534 (62)

66

123.6

Birth attendant

Health personnel

319 (38)

326 (38)

41

125.8

TBA/Family/none

527 (62)

540 (62)

57

105.6

Season of birth

Dry season (Nov-April)

 

407 (47)

50

122.9

Rainy (May-Oct)

 

459 (53)

48

104.6

Newborn gender

Girl

 

426 (49)

48

112.7

Boy

 

440 (51)

50

113.6

Birth weightc (g)

< 2500

 

41 (05)

5

122.0

≥ 2500

 

254 (29)

21

82.7

Missing

 

571 (66)

72

126.1

Low anthropometric scored at week-3

Yes

 

212 (24)

27

127.4

No

 

511 (59)

21

41.1

Missing

 

143 (17)

50

349.7

Continuous variables

    

Median (IQR)

Infant z-scores at week-3d

z-score of weight for height

−0.81 (−1.68-0)

z-score of height for age

−0.63 (−1.39-0.17)

z-score of weight for age

−0.90 (−1.61 to (−)0.11)

  1. aA relative wealth index as a proxy for socio-economic status was based on data collected at recruitment on housing material (walls, floor, windows, roof), and household assets such as possession of the following items: car/truck, motorcycle/scooter, bicycle, mobile phone/telephone, plough and chart. The index was constructed using principal component analysis.
  2. bRestricted to multiparous mothers.
  3. conly 295 children had a birth weight recorded.
  4. dn = 723, includes only those with weight and/or height measured at week-3 (±7 days).
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