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Table 3 Association of the MHDI (and its components) and maternal education on Infant Mortality (unadjusted model) in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) in the period 2000 to 2017

From: The influence of the municipal human development index and maternal education on infant mortality: an investigation in a retrospective cohort study in the extreme south of Brazil

 

Total

(n)

Death

n(%)

RR [CI95%]

Value of p

MHDI

 Medium

52,123

613 (1.2)

1.54 [1.38–1.72]

< 0.001

 High

182,252

1856 (1.0)

1.33 [1.22–1.46]

< 0.001

 Very high

83,066

634 (0.8)

1

 

MHDII

 Medium

31,958

381 (1.2)

1.40 [1.25–1.57]

< 0.001

 High

137,472

1466 (1.1)

1.26 [1.17–1.35]

< 0.001

 Very high

148,011

1256 (0.8)

1

 

MHDIL

 High

11,554

139 (1.2)

1.24 [1.05–1.47]

0.012

 Very high

305,887

2964 (1.0)

1

 

MHDIE

 Low

59,957

704 (1.2)

1.66 [1.47–1.87]

< 0.001

 Medium

136,948

1451 (1.1)

1.49 [1.34–1.66]

< 0.001

 High

59,988

519 (0.9)

1.22 [1.07–1.39]

0.002

 Very high

60,548

429 (0.7)

1

 

Maternal Education

  < 8 years

92,914

1375 (1.5)

2.75 [2.48–3.05]

< 0.001

  ≥ 8 to 11 years

134,210

1219 (0.9)

1.69 [1.52–1.87]

< 0.001

 

89,143

480 (0.5)

1

 
  1. Dependent variable: death. RR Relative risk, CI95% 95% confidence interval, MHDI Municipal Human Development Index, MHDII Income component of the Municipal Human Development Index, MHDIL Longevity component of the Municipal Human Development Index, MHDIE Education component of the Municipal Human Development Index, n Number of participants. %: percentage. <: less