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Table 1 Characteristics of under-5 deaths

From: Causes of death and predictors of childhood mortality in Rwanda: a matched case-control study using verbal social autopsy

 

All U5 (N = 618) N (%)

Neonate (N = 174) N (%)

Non-Neonate (N = 444) N (%)

Sex (n = 618)

 Male

347 (56.2)

104 (59.8)

243 (54.7)

 Female

271 (43.9)

70 (40.2)

201 (45.3)

Timing of neonatal death (n = 170)

 Died within 24 h of birth

–

69 (40.6)

–

 Died between 24 and 48 h of life

–

15 (8.8)

–

 Died between 48 h and 1 week of life

–

45 (26.5)

–

 Died between 1 week and 28 days of life

–

41 (24.1)

–

First type of care sought (n = 618)

 Traditional healer

50 (8.1)

8 (4.6)

42 (9.4)

 Community health worker

193 (31.2)

29 (16.7)

164 (36.9)

 Health center

209 (33.8)

76 (43.7)

133 (29.9)

 District hospital

31 (5.0)

22 (12.6)

9 (2.0)

 Private pharmacy

5 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.1)

 Other

19 (3.1)

4 (2.3)

15 (3.4)

 Unknown

32 (5.2)

12 (6.9)

20 (4.5)

 No care sought

79 (12.8)

23 (13.2)

56 (12.6)

Attended health facility (hospital or health center) during illness (n = 616)

 No

202 (32.7)

57 (32.8)

145 (32.7)

 Yes

416 (67.3)

117 (67.2)

299 (67.3)

Received any treatment at a health facility for the illness that led to death (n = 608)

 No

197 (32.4)

67 (39.9)

130 (29.5)

 Yes

411 (67.6)

101 (60.1)

310 (70.5)

Place of death (n = 618)

 Hospital

156 (25.2)

80 (46.0)

76 (17.1)

 Health center

74 (12.0)

28 (16.1)

46 (10.4)

 Home

296 (47.9)

54 (31.0)

242 (54.5)

 Other

91 (14.7)

12 (6.9)

79 (17.8)

 Unknown

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

Discharged from health facility following birth (n = 127)

 No (died in health facility)

–

97 (76.4)

–

 Yes

–

30 (23.6)

–