Magnitude, trend, and causes of under-five mortality from Kilite-Awlaelo health demographic surveillance database, northern Ethiopia, 2009–2017

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the livebirths and deceased under-five, Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS site, Northern Ethiopia, 2009–2017 (N = 413)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent [95% CI]
Place of delivery of the livebirths	Health Facility	7306	63.02 [62.13–63.90]
	Home	4185	36.10 [62.13–63.90]
	Others	102	0.88 [0.72–1.07]
Residence of the livebirths	Urban	924	7.97 [7.48–8.48]
Residence of the livebirths	Rural	10,669	92.03 [91.52–92.52]
Sex of the livebirths	Male	5924	51.10 [50.18–52.01]
Sex of the livebirths	Female	5667	48.90 [47.97–49.80]
Place of death of the under-five	Home	276	66.83 [62.06–71.35]
	Health facility	121	29.30 [24.95–33.94]
	Others	16	3.87 [2.23–6.21]
Residence of the deceased under-five	Urban	12	2.90 [1.51–5.02]
Residence of the deceased under-five	Rural	401	97.10 [94.98–98.49]
Sex of the deceased under-five	Male	229	55.45 [50.51–60.31]
Sex of the deceased under-five	Female	184	44.55 [39.69–49.49]
Age at death of the under-five	Infantile period (< 12 months old)	296	71.67 [67.06–75.97]
Age at death of the under-five	Childhood period (12–59 months old)	117	28.33 [24.03–32.94]

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