Comparison of under-five mortality for 2000, 2005 and 2011 surveys in Ethiopia

Ayele, Dawit G.; Zewotir, Temesgen T.

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3601-0

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Table 1 Distribution between child mortality and socio-economic, demographic and geographic variables

From: Comparison of under-five mortality for 2000, 2005 and 2011 surveys in Ethiopia

Variables		Survived under-five children
Variables		Yes	%	No	%	Total	P-value
Year of the survey	2000	9501	87.9 %	1307	12.1 %	10,808	<0.000
	2005	8871	91.2 %	851	8.8 %	9722
	2011	36,791	83.7 %	7179	16.3 %	43,970
Region	Tigray	6083	87.1 %	902	12.9 %	6985
	Affar	4443	83.0 %	913	17.0 %	5356	<0.001
	Amhara	7766	84.4 %	1436	15.6 %	9202
	Oromiya	9027	86.0 %	1473	14.0 %	10,500
	Somali	3498	86.5 %	546	13.5 %	4044
	Ben-Gumz	4375	81.8 %	974	18.2 %	5349
	SNNP	8235	85.3 %	1421	14.7 %	9656
	Gambela	3299	84.6 %	599	15.4 %	3898
	Harari	3110	87.9 %	427	12.1 %	3537
	Addis	2474	92.9 %	190	7.1 %	2664
	Dire Dawa	2853	86.2 %	456	13.8 %	3309
Type of place of residence	Urban	8851	89.6 %	1028	10.4 %	9879	<0.001
Type of place of residence	Rural	46,312	84.8 %	8309	15.2 %	54,621
Highest educational level	No education	41,987	84.3 %	7802	15.7 %	49,789
	Primary	10,300	88.4 %	1356	11.6 %	11,656	0.058
	Secondary	2239	94.0 %	142	6.0 %	2381
	Higher	637	94.5 %	37	5.5 %	674
Religion	Christian	31,224	86.3 %	4947	13.7 %	36,171
	Muslim	22,646	84.5 %	4139	15.5 %	26,785	<0.001
	Other	1275	83.7 %	249	16.3 %	1524
Currently pregnant	No or unsure	50,077	85.7 %	8356	14.3 %	58,433	0.067
Currently pregnant	Yes	5086	83.8 %	981	16.2 %	6067
Child is twin	Single birth	54,219	86.2 %	8714	13.8 %	62,933
	1st of multiple	467	59.8 %	314	40.2 %	781	<0.001
	2nd of multiple	476	60.9 %	305	39.1 %	781
Sex of child	Male	27,960	84.4 %	5158	15.6 %	33,118	<0.001
Sex of child	Female	27,203	86.7 %	4179	13.3 %	31,382
Type of toilet facility	No facility	31,730	85.1 %	5566	14.9 %	37,296
	Flush toilet	1247	89.3 %	149	10.7 %	1396	<0.001
	Pit Latrine	21,095	86.0 %	3431	14.0 %	24,526
Main floor material	Natural floor/dung	47,253	84.8 %	8457	15.2 %	55,710
	Wood/parquet	3111	90.7 %	319	9.3 %	3430	<0.001
	Cement	3525	91.2 %	342	8.8 %	3867
Main wall material	Natural walls	7562	83.2 %	1530	16.8 %	9092
	Rudimentary walls	34,017	85.0 %	5992	15.0 %	40,009	<0.001
	Finished walls	3111	89.5 %	366	10.5 %	3477
Main roof material	Natural roofing	24,820	83.8 %	4786	16.2 %	29,606	<0.001
	Rudimentary roofing	9076	86.2 %	1455	13.8 %	10,531
	Finished roofing	19,446	87.4 %	2810	12.6 %	22,256

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