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

Table 6

Proportional Cox-regression analysis of newborn related risk factors associated with death, rural Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	Total; (n =885)	Death^1; (n /%)	Crude HR		Adjusted HR
			95 % CI	P -values	95 % CI	P-values
Birth interval (year)
First birth	125	10 (8.0)	0.73 (0.38-1.45)	0.367
<2 years	327	40 (12.2)	1.12 (0.74-1.71)	0.590
>3 years	433	47 (10.9)	1(Ref)
Birth order
< 2nd birth	324	26 (8.0)	0.72 (0.44-1.17)	0.187	1.28 (0.70-2.33)	0.425
3rd-5th birth	404	44 (10.9)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
> 6th birth	157	27 (17.2)	1.58 (0.98-2.55)	0.063	1.04 (0.59-1.83)	0.900
Sex
Male	431	49 (11.4)	1.09 (0.73-1.61)	0.700
Female	454	48 (10.6)	1(Ref)
Types of birth
Singleton	846	86 (10.2)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
Twins	39	11 (28.2)	3.07 (1.64-5.75)	<0.001	1.49 (0.77-2.91)	0.239
Weight of neonates
<2000 grams	195	44 (22.6)	3.08 (2.07-4.60)	<0.001	1.90 (1.22-2.96)	0.005
< 2000 grams	690	53 (7.7)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
Gestation age at birth
Preterm (< 37 weeks)	201	33 (16.4)	1.81 (1.19-2.75)	0.006	1.47 (1.07-2.28)	0.043
Term (≥37 weeks)	684	64 (9.4)	1(Ref)		1(Ref)
Feeding of babies within 28 days
Only breast milk	509	50 (11.0)	1(Ref)
With additional food	376	47 (12.5)	1.27 (0.85-1.89)	0.236

n = 97.