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Table 3 Mortality rate per 1000 infant-years of observation by background characteristics KA- HDSS, September 2013

From: Infant mortality and causes of infant deaths in rural Ethiopia: a population-based cohort of 3684 births

Characteristics

Rate (95 %)

Sex

 

 Female

43.4 (34.7, 54.4)

 Male

55.4 (45.5, 67.6)

Age-category

 

 Neonate

70.4 (57.8, 85.8)

 Post-Neonate

21.6 (17.3, 27.1)

Birth order

 

 1

57.3 (36.5, 89.8)

 2

53.1 (36.2, 78.0)

 3–4

52.9 (40.7, 68.9)

 > = 5

44.6 (35.5, 56.0)

Marital statusa

 

 Married

46.2 (39.1, 54.6)

 Single

67.7 (45.4, 101.1)

 Divorced

65.4 (35.2, 121.5)

 Widowed

82.6 (20.7, 330.4)

Occupationa

 

 Housewife/farmer

47.0 (39.9, 55.5)

 Employed

53.7 (26.8, 107.3)

 unemployed

66.2 (45.1, 97.2)

Educational statusa

 

 No form education

51.0 (43.1, 60.4)

 Primary

49.9 (33.5, 74.5)

 Secondary

38.9 (23.9, 63.6)

Place of delivery

 

 Home

46.47 (39.1, 55.3)

 Health facility

59.9 (45.0, 79.7)

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