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Table 1 Percentage of Infant and child deaths by their background characteristics in India, 2015–16 (n = 824,693)

From: Preceding child survival status and its effect on infant and child mortality in India: An evidence from National Family Health Survey 2015–16

Bio-Demographic Factors

Infant deaths

(0–11 months)

Child deaths

(12–59 months)

 Survival status of any preceding child’s

  Alive

3.83

1.20

  Dead

15.21

2.86

 Sex of the child

  Male

4.98

1.12

  Female

4.73

1.61

 Maternal age at childbirth

   < 18

5.61

1.63

  18–34

4.57

1.24

  35+

4.68

0.91

 Child’s Birth order

  2

4.09

1.03

  3

4.79

1.38

  4+

6.43

1.93

 Preceding birth interval

   < 19 months

10.22

2.36

  19–23 months

5.49

1.68

  24–35 months

4.07

1.34

  36+ months

2.47

0.72

 Number of births

  Single

4.45

1.34

  Multiple

26.61

1.82

Maternal socioeconomic factors

 Education

  Illiterate

5.94

1.92

  Primary

4.76

1.16

  Secondary

3.36

0.56

  Higher

2.08

0.23

 Religion

  Hindu

5.04

1.39

  Muslim

4.44

1.23

  Others

3.49

1.05

 Caste

  Deprived

5.31

1.67

  Not-Deprived

4.74

1.26

 Wealth Index

  Poorest

6.44

2.21

  Poorer

5.40

1.54

  Middle

4.61

1.04

  Richer

3.75

0.85

  Richest

2.86

0.52

 Type of Residence

  Urban

3.76

0.93

  Rural

5.29

1.51

 Regions

  North

4.26

1.21

  Central

6.79

2.05

  East

4.85

1.40

  North-East

4.35

1.24

  West

3.13

0.73

  South

3.45

0.67

Total

4.86

1.35