Research Article
Investigation of Factors Influencing Infant Mortality at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
Table 1
Chi-square test of association between the diagnosis of death and demographic characteristics of child and mother.
| Variables | Birth asphyxia | Meconium aspiration | Prematurity | Respiratory distress | Sepsis | Others | Total | value |
| Sex | | | | | | | | 0.946 | Female | 17 (50.0%) | 7 (38.9%) | 21 (48.8%) | 37 (44.0%) | 18 (43.9%) | 7 (38.9%) | 107 (45.0%) | | Male | 17 (50.0%) | 11 (61.1%) | 22 (51.2%) | 47 (56.0%) | 23 (56.1%) | 11 (61.1%) | 131 (55.0%) | | Age in weeks | | | | | | | | 0.023 | One week | 33 (97.1%) | 17 (94.4%) | 33 (76.7%) | 66 (78.6%) | 31 (75.6%) | 13 (72.2%) | 193 (81.1%) | | Two weeks | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (23.3%) | 10 (11.9%) | 8 (19.5%) | 1 (5.6%) | 30 (12.6%) | | Four weeks | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (6.0%) | 1 (2.4%) | 2 (11.1%) | 9 (3.8%) | | Above four weeks | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.6%) | 1 (2.4%) | 2 (11.1%) | 6 (2.5%) | | Birth type | | | | | | | | 0.024 | Single | 34 (100.0%) | 18 (100.0%) | 37 (86.0%) | 70 (83.3%) | 34 (82.9%) | 18 (100.0%) | 211 (88.7%) | | Multiple (twins) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (14.0%) | 14 (16.7%) | 7 (17.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 27 (11.3%) | | Weight at birth | | | | | | | | <0.05 | Normal (2.5-4.0 kg) | 26 (76.5%) | 13 (72.2%) | 3 (7.0%) | 27 (32.1%) | 9 (22.0%) | 8 (44.4%) | 86 (36.1%) | | Overweight (>4.0 kg) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (11.1%) | 4 (1.7%) | | Underweight (≤2.5 kg) | 8 (23.5%) | 5 (27.8%) | 40 (93.0%) | 55 (65.5%) | 32 (78.0%) | 8 (44.4%) | 148 (62.2%) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | 0.672 | Married | 29 (85.3%) | 13 (72.2%) | 35 (81.4%) | 64 (76.2%) | 29 (70.7%) | 13 (72.2%) | 183 (76.9%) | | Single | 5 (14.7%) | 5 (27.8%) | 8 (18.6%) | 20 (23.8%) | 12 (29.3%) | 5 (27.8%) | 55 (23.1%) | | Mother’s age | | | | | | | | 0.161 | 15-24 years | 2 (5.9%) | 3 (16.7%) | 5 (11.6%) | 10 (11.9%) | 8 (19.5%) | 4 (22.2%) | 32 (13.4%) | | 25-40 years | 31 (91.2%) | 14 (77.8%) | 35 (81.4%) | 68 (81.0%) | 32 (78.0%) | 10 (55.6%) | 190 (79.8%) | | Above 40 years | 1 (2.9%) | 1 (5.6%) | 3 (7.0%) | 6 (7.1%) | 1 (2.4%) | 4 (22.2%) | 16 (6.7%) | |
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