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Table 4 Multiple Cox-regression model for predictors of mortality in the KA-HDSS cohort September 2009-August 2013

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

Characteristics

Crude HR (95 % CI)

P-value

AHR (95 % CI)

P-value

Sex

    

 Female

1.00

   

 Male

1.27 (0.94, 1.71)

0.12

1.25 (0.93, 1.69)

0.14

Maternal age

    

 15–19

1.99 (1.21–3.28)

0.007

2.68 (1.47,4.87)

0.001

 20–24

1.17 (0.75,1.82)

0.48

1.39 (0.87,2.23)

0.17

 25–29

1.00

 

1.00

 

 30–34

0.71 (0.44,1.14)

0.15

0.63 (0.38,1.04)

0.07

 35–39

1.02 (0.64, 1.63)

0.94

0.89 (0.53, 1.50)

0.0.67

 40–44

0.78 (0.31–4.56)

0.59

0.68 (0.26,1.78)

0.44

 45–49

1.80 (0.71, 4.56)

0.22

1.58 (061, 4.12)

0.35

Marital status

    

 Married

1.00

   

 Single

1.45 (0.94, 2.24)

0.09

1.32 (0.67, 2.61)

0.42

 Divorced

1.41 (0.74, 2.68)

0.29

1.56 (0.76, 3.19)

0.23

 Widowed

1.74 (0.43, 7.04)

0.44

1.65 (0.40, 6.86)

0.49

Maternal education

    

 No formal education

1.00

   

 Primary

0.98 (0.63, 1.51)

0.91

0.69 (0.43, 1.10)

0.12

 Secondary and above

0.77 (0.46, 1.29)

0.31

0.44 (0.24, 0.81)

0.009

Maternal occupation

    

 Housewife/famer

1.00

   

 Employed

1.14 (0.56, 2.33)

0.71

1.39 (0.64 3.01)

0.40

 Unemployed

1.40 (0.92, 2.12)

0.12

1.08 (0.55, 2.14)

0.83

Birth order

    

 1

1.00

   

 2

0.93 (0.51, 1.68)

0.80

1.16 (0.60, 2.26)

0.66

 3–4

0.92 (0.55, 1.56)

0.77

1.47 (0.76, 2.84)

0.25

 > = 5

0.78 (0.47, 1.29)

0.34

1.53 (0.75, 3.09)

0.24

Place of delivery

    

 Home*

1.00

   

 Health facility

1.28 (0.92, 1.79)

0.15

1.37 (0.97, 1.93)

0.08

  1. AHR- adjusted hazard ratios, *Unattended by skilled health worker