Magnitude and Risk of Dying among Low Birth Weight Neonates in Rural Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Proportional Cox-regression analysis of maternal risk factors associated with neonatal death in rural districts of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	Total (n=885)	Death n=97 (n = %)	Crude HR		Adjusted HR
			95 % CI	P -values	95 % CI	P -values
Maternal age at birth
≤24 years	177	14 (7.9)	0.80 (0.43-1.48)	0.473	0.81 (0.41-1.63)	0.555
24-29 years	380	37 (9.7)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
≥30	328	46 (14.0)	1.44 (0.94-2.23)	0.094	1.05 (0.62-1.81)	0.848
Educational status
Non educated	518	49 (9.5)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
Educated	367	48 (13.1)	0.71 (0.48-1.06)	0.091	0.65 (0.43-0.99)	0.049
ANC follow-up
Yes	688	56 (8.1)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
No	197	41 (20.8)	2.67 (1.78-3.98)	<0.001	1.58 (1.02-2.43)	0.040
Mode of delivery
Vaginal delivery	681	44 (6.5)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
Assisted delivery	148	30 (20.3)	3.36 (2.12-5.35)	<0.001	1.82 (1.10-3.02)	0.020
Cesarean section	56	23 (41.1)	7.44 (4.49-12.32)	<0.001	3.72 (2.11-6.55)	0.001
Maternal illness during perinatal
Yes	214	58 (27.1)	5.28 (3.52-7.93)	<0.001	3.34 (2.11-5.29)	0.001
No	671	39 (5.8)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)