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Table 1 Overall and district-specific child mortality rates by sex, socio-economic status, distance to the nearest health facility and bednet density at household level

From: Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality

Explanatory variables

Number of children(%)

Child mortality ratea

P-value

  

Overall

Kilombero

Ulanga

 

Sex

     

Female

5669 (50.9)

27.6

29.8

25.0

0.814

Male

5465 (49.1)

24.7

27.1

21.6

0.795

Socio-economic status

     

Poorest

2203 (19.8)

31.1

36.5

26.0

0.752

Very poor

2265 (20.3)

26.0

27.5

24.1

0.916

Poor

2281 (20.5)

25.7

29.5

20.6

0.791

Less poor

2239 (20.1)

21.3

21.1

21.6

0.986

Least poor

2146 (19.3)

27.1

28.9

24.5

0.898

Distance to nearest health facility

     

< 1 km

2793 (25.1)

23.3

25.9

20.7

0.860

1 – 4.9 km

4666 (41.9)

27.2

29.4

24.1

0.819

≥ 5 km

3675 (33.0)

26.9

29.0

24.7

0.865

Bednet density at household level b

     

0

1199 (10.8)

28.9

40.4

19.5

0.662

0 – 0.2

2531 (22.7)

27.9

28.9

26.8

0.946

0.2 – 0.3

3426 (30.8)

28.5

30.3

28.5

0.873

0.3 – 0.5

3026 (27.2)

22.3

22.4

22.3

0.996

> 0.5

952 (8.5)

22.6

28.9

13.9

0.794

  1. a: Mortality rate per 1000 person years.
  2. b: Number of bednets per person within a 0 m radius around each household.