Background
Methods
Study design and setting
Measurement
Data analysis
Results
Socio demographic data and risk factors of neonatal mortality
Variables | Response | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Age | < 7 days | 275 | 70.3 |
8–28 days | 116 | 29.7 | |
Sex | Male | 209 | 53.5 |
female | 182 | 46.5 | |
Weight at birth | < 1500 kg | 15 | 3.8 |
1501–2000 kg | 69 | 17.6 | |
2001–3999 kg | 297 | 76.0 | |
> 4000 kg | 10 | 2.6 | |
Origin | Rural | 151 | 38.6 |
urban | 240 | 61.4 | |
Week of delivery | 37–42 weeks | 299 | 76.5 |
< 37 weeks | 63 | 16.1 | |
> 42 weeks | 29 | 7.4 | |
Breast feeding initiation time | Within 30 min | 90 | 23.0 |
With in 1 h | 151 | 38.6 | |
After one hour | 150 | 38.4 | |
Exclusive breast feeding | Yes | 254 | 64.9 |
No | 137 | 35.1 | |
Immunization status | Yes | 380 | 97.2 |
No | 11 | 2.8 | |
Number of ANC | One | 2 | 0.5 |
Two | 17 | 4.3 | |
Three | 87 | 22.2 | |
Four | 238 | 60.8 | |
Above four | 46 | 11.8 | |
Place of delivery | Health center | 377 | 96.4 |
home | 14 | 4.6 | |
Mode of delivery | Medical tool | 118 | 30.3 |
Operation | 20 | 17.9 | |
Spontaneous | 253 | 64.7 | |
Congenital abnormality | Yes | 3 | 0.8 |
No | 388 | 99.2 | |
Chronic disease | Yes | 15 | 3.8 |
No | 376 | 96.2 | |
Problem after delivery | Pneumonia | 39 | 10 |
Sepsis | 93 | 23.8 | |
CHF | 9 | 3 | |
Jaundice | 18 | 3 | |
Preterm/low birth wt | 49 | 17 | |
Other (eg.DM, etc) | 183 | 18 | |
CHD | 9 | 2.3 | |
Jaundice | 18 | 4.6 | |
Preterm/LBW | 49 | 12.5 | |
Others | 183 | 46.8 | |
Chronic disease of mother | Yes | 23 | 5.9 |
No | 368 | 94.1 |
Factors associated with neonatal mortality
Variables | Response | Number of neonate | Number of deaths | Prevalence % (95% CI) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Early | 275 | 43 | 15.63(11.32–19.95) | 0.39(0.16–0.97) | 0.04 |
Late | 116 | 9 | 7.76(2.85–12.66) | 1 | ||
Week of delivery | 37- 38 weeks | 299 | 31 | 10.37(6.89–13.84) | 1 | – |
< 37 weeks | 63 | 21 | 33.33(21.56–45.10) | 2.14(1.0–4.52) | 0.04 | |
> 42 weeks | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Breast feeding initiation time | Early | 90 | 5 | 5.56(0.78–10.33) | 1 | – |
Timely | 151 | 14 | 9.27(4.62–13.93) | 1.23(0.39–3.90) | 0.73 | |
Lately | 150 | 33 | 22.0(15.33–28.67) | 2.89(0.99–8.38) | 0.04 | |
Exclusive breastfeeding | Yes | 254 | 18 | 7.08(3.92–10.26) | 6.77(3.04–15.07) | 0.00 |
No | 137 | 34 | 24.82(17.53–32.09) | 1 | ||
Number of ANC visit | One | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | – |
Two | 17 | 4 | 23.53(2.68–44.38) | 6.48(0,89–46.69) | 0.06 | |
Three | 87 | 14 | 15.91(8.19–23.62) | 2.35(0.45–12.26) | 0.31 | |
Four | 238 | 32 | 13.44(9.09–17.80) | 5.02(1.02–24.70) | 0.04 | |
More than four | 46 | 2 | 4.35(−1.6–10.32) | – |