Table 1 Demographics of children under 60 months presenting to the Keneba clinic and of all children under 60 months to die in Kiang West over the reporting period (January 2010 to December 2014)
|  | All (n = 21,278) | Non-severe (n = 20,317) | Severe (n = 961) | All deaths (n = 160)a | Deaths: no prior clinic visit (n = 110)a | Deaths: prior clinic visit (n = 50) | p-value (death no visit vs death with visit) | N = 21,278 (%)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median age at visit/death, months (IQR) | 20.23 (23.92) | 20.47 (26.12) | 15.67 (18.30) | 0.10 (1.03) | 0.13 (4.11) | 12.72 (21.70) | < 0.001 | 21,278 (100%) |
Presentations / deaths by neonates (%) | 323 (1.5%) | 283 (1.4%) | 40 (4.2%) | 78 (48.1%) | 69 (62.7%) | 7 (14.0%) | < 0.001 | 21,278 (100%) |
Presentations / deaths by infants (%) | 6606 (31.0%) | 6243 (30.7%) | 362 (37.7%) | 121 (74.7%) | 95 (86.4%) | 24 (48.0%) | < 0.001 | 21,278 (100%) |
Presentations / deaths by girls (%) | 10,089 (47.4%) | 9666 (47.6%) | 423 (44.0%) | 75 (46.9%) | 51 (46.2%) | 24 (48.0%) | 0.85 | 21,278 (100%) |
Median mothers age at visit / death, years (IQR) | 30.9 (11.1) | 30.8 (11.1) | 31.5 (11.1) | – | – | 28.2 (10.9) | – | 20,099 (94.5%) |
Median birth order at visit / death (IQR) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (5) | – | – | 4 (4) | – | 20,099 (94.5%) |
Median distance (kilometre) to clinic (IQR) | 5.3 (11.6) | 5.3 (11.6) | 10.5 (19.0) | 16.8 (13.5) | 21.0 (12.4) | 13.2 (8.8) | 0.02 | 21,278 (100%) |
Access to free transport to clinic (%) | 11,692 (55.0%) | 11,292 (44.4%) | 400 (41.6%) | 21 (13.1%) | 15 (13.6%) | 6 (11.5%) | 0.78 | 21,278 (100%) |
Mother education level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 17,282 (81.2%) |
Data unavailable | 3966 (18.8) | 3848 (19.0) | 148 (15.4) | – | – | 13 (26.0) | – |  |
No formal education | 13,728 (64.5) | 13,061 (63.4) | 667 (69.5) | – | – | 27 (54.0) | – |  |
Primary | 2208 (10.4) | 2101 (10.3) | 107 (11.1) | – | – | 0 (0.0) | – |  |
Lower secondary | 171 (0.8) | 166 (0.8) | 5 (0.5) | – | – | 3 (6.0) | – |  |
Upper secondary | 990 (4.6) | 962 (4.7) | 28 (2.9) | – | – | 0 (0.0) | – |  |
College and university | 185 (0.9) | 179 (0.9) | 6 (0.6) | – | – |  | – |  |