Table 2 Results of adjusted and unadjusted Cox regression models for under-5 mortality. Hazard Ratios are presented with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. The adjusted model was controlled for age group, travel time to inpatient health facilities and seasonality

 [0   12]

327^a

–

–

–

–

 (12–24]

136

0.50 (0.40, 0.63)

<  0.001

0.52 (0.41,0.65)

<  0.001

 (24–36]

71

0.28 (0.20, 0.39)

<  0.001

0.29 (0.21,0.41)

<  0.001

 (36–48]

56

0.39 (0.27, 0.56)

<  0.001

0.39 (0.27,0.57)

<  0.001

 (48–60]

25

0.72 (0.48, 1.06)

0.097

0.75 (0.49,1.13)

0.17

 [0   20)

50.03

–

–

–

–

 [20   40)

63.44

1.23 (0.89, 1.68)

0.21

1.24 (0.89,1.71)

0.20

 [40   60)

79.49

1.51 (1.13, 2.03)

0.006

1.52 (1.13,2.06)

0.005

 60+

88.51

1.74 (1.28, 2.38)

<  0.001

1.74 (1.27,2.40)

<  0.001

 Dry Season (Dec-June)

64.49

–

–

–

–

 Wet Season (July-Nov)

65.22

1.44 (1.15, 1.81)

0.0018

1.28 (1.07, 1.53)

0.0074

 [0–5)

58.11

–

–

–

–

 [5–10)

66.99

1.15 (0.8, 1.65)

0.44

 [10–15)

69.72

1.20 (0.87,1.67)

0.26

 [15–20)

65.87

1.09 (0.75,1.59)

0.64

 20+

63.41

0.99 (0.58,1.69)

0.99