Table 2 Distribution of Under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa region
Variable | Number of children | Overall U5M per 1000 live births | Under-five mortality per 1000 live births | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban (57.8) | Rural (71.2) | ||||
Maternal age | |||||
15–19 | 24,096 | 76.0 | 67.9 | 79.3 | 0.000* |
20–24 | 84,386 | 67.5 | 61.0 | 70.5 | |
25–29 | 100,807 | 62.6 | 52.6 | 67.2 | |
30–34 | 76,274 | 62.5 | 53.4 | 66.7 | |
35–39 | 53,054 | 68.9 | 59.2 | 72.8 | |
40–44 | 24,743 | 76.1 | 64.4 | 80.1 | |
45–49 | 7697 | 100.0 | 92.6 | 102.0 | |
Maternal education | 0.000* | ||||
No education | 157,975 | 78.1 | 67.6 | 80.4 | |
Primary | 127,208 | 64.1 | 63.4 | 64.4 | |
Secondary | 76,864 | 53.7 | 50.8 | 57.1 | |
Higher | 8962 | 33.7 | 32.7 | 37.2 | |
Paternal education | 0.000* | ||||
No education | 125,129 | 79.3 | 67.4 | 81.7 | |
Primary | 93,217 | 65.9 | 63.3 | 66.6 | |
Secondary | 86,979 | 60.1 | 53.3 | 65.7 | |
Higher | 17,969 | 47.4 | 44.5 | 53.8 | |
Sex of household head | 0.000* | ||||
Male | 296,359 | 68.3 | 57.4 | 72.6 | |
Female | 74,698 | 62.8 | 59.3 | 64.8 | |
Mother read newspaper/magazine | 0.000* | ||||
Not at all | 314,133 | 70.0 | 61.2 | 73.0 | |
Less than once a week | 31,077 | 52.6 | 50.3 | 54.9 | |
At least once a week | 22,331 | 49.3 | 47.0 | 53.0 | |
Almost every day | 2758 | 54.4 | 54.0 | 55.1 | |
Mother listen to radio | 0.000* | ||||
Not at all | 157,566 | 71.3 | 60.7 | 74.3 | |
Less than once a week | 68,953 | 67.0 | 58.8 | 70.6 | |
At least once a week | 121,064 | 62.7 | 55.5 | 67.2 | |
Almost every day | 23,036 | 62.4 | 56.6 | 66.5 | |
Mother watch TV | 0.000* | ||||
Not at all | 242,275 | 72.3 | 66.4 | 73.4 | |
Less than once a week | 41,082 | 64.8 | 61.4 | 66.9 | |
At least once a week | 66,085 | 54.6 | 51.8 | 59.5 | |
Almost every day | 20,859 | 50.8 | 49.8 | 54.1 | |
Household wealth index | 0.000* | ||||
Poorest | 94,616 | 73.2 | 61.7 | 74.1 | |
Poorer | 81,513 | 72.9 | 68.4 | 73.5 | |
Middle | 72,629 | 67.8 | 61.4 | 69.8 | |
Richer | 65,475 | 63.9 | 61.5 | 65.9 | |
Richest | 56,824 | 51.9 | 51.5 | 54.0 | |
Total children ever born | 0.000* | ||||
1–4 | 236,662 | 58.4 | 52.0 | 61.7 | |
> 4 | 134,395 | 82.7 | 74.2 | 85.1 | |
Marital status | 0.000* | ||||
Not currently married | 46,303 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 68.9 | |
Currently married/living with partner | 324,745 | 66.9 | 55.4 | 71.4 | |
Employment status | 0.000* | ||||
Unemployed | 137,150 | 65.2 | 55.2 | 69.9 | |
Employed | 222,255 | 69.6 | 60.3 | 73.3 | |
Birth order | 0.000* | ||||
1–3 | 206,773 | 62.8 | 54.2 | 67.5 | |
4–6 | 114,302 | 65.4 | 60.0 | 67.3 | |
> 6 | 49,982 | 89.2 | 79.5 | 91.4 | |
Type of birth | 0.000* | ||||
Singleton | 357,927 | 61.8 | 53.1 | 65.5 | |
Multiple | 13,130 | 214.0 | 181.2 | 228.7 | |
Sex of child | 0.000* | ||||
Male | 187,813 | 72.8 | 63.1 | 77.0 | |
Female | 183,244 | 61.4 | 52.4 | 65.2 | |
Size of child | 0.000* | ||||
Large | 132,784 | 58.9 | 49.7 | 63.1 | |
Average | 159,225 | 60.0 | 48.0 | 65.0 | |
Small | 59,871 | 94.0 | 89.1 | 95.7 | |
Maternal age at first birth | 0.000* | ||||
< 22 | 268,499 | 68.1 | 59.6 | 71.4 | |
22–28 | 69,021 | 59.0 | 49.8 | 64.7 | |
> 28 | 7647 | 63.7 | 48.0 | 77.6 | |