Research Article
Investigation of Factors Influencing Infant Mortality at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
Table 2
Coefficient estimates of the multinomial logistic regression model.
| Diagnosis of death | Predictors | Estimate (ß) | Std. error | OR | Wald stat | value |
| Meconium aspiration | Intercept | -0.61 | 0.89 | | -0.69 | 0.50 | Birth type | -3.78 | 0.01 | 0.02 | -378.00 | <0.05 | Age | 0.02 | 0.09 | 1.02 | 0.22 | 0.81 | Weight | -0.03 | 0.29 | 0.97 | -0.10 | 0.91 |
| Prematurity | Intercept | -1.44 | 0.87 | | -1.66 | 0.11 | Birth type | -4.57 | 0.01 | 0.01 | -457.00 | <0.05 | Age | 0.17 | 0.07 | 1.18 | 2.43 | 0.02 | Weight | 0.05 | 0.29 | 1.05 | 0.17 | 0.87 |
| Respiratory distress | Intercept | 2.62 | 0.67 | | 3.91 | <0.05 | Birth type | 13.23 | 0.34 | 5.50+05 | 38.91 | <0.05 | Age | 0.11 | 0.07 | 1.12 | 1.57 | 0.12 | Weight | -1.5 | 0.29 | 0.23 | -5.17 | <0.05 |
| Sepsis | Intercept | 1.79 | 0.62 | | 2.89 | <0.05 | Birth type | 13.73 | 0.29 | 9.20+05 | 47.34 | <0.05 | Age | 0.14 | 0.07 | 1.16 | 2.00 | 0.04 | Weight | -0.66 | 0.22 | 0.52 | -3.00 | <0.05 |
| Others | Intercept | 1.95 | 0.67 | | 2.91 | <0.05 | Birth type | 13.52 | 0.33 | 7.50+05 | 40.97 | <0.05 | Age | 0.14 | 0.07 | 1.15 | 2.00 | 0.04 | Weight | -1.14 | 0.27 | | -4.22 | <0.05 |
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