Research Article
Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data
Table 1
Descriptive data on background characteristics of children and mothers (
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| | Characteristics | Children dead () | Children not dead () | | n (%) | n (%) |
| | Children | | | | Sex | | | | Female | 452 (46.7) | 7272 (49.2) | | Male | 515 (53.3) | 7506 (50.8) | | Age group | | | | 1–11 months | 391 (40.4) | 2980 (20.2) | | 1–4 yrs | 576 (59.6) | 11789 (79.8) | | Residence | | | | Urban | 102 (10.5) | 1842 (12.5) | | Rural | 865 (89.5) | 12936 (87.5) | | Place of deatha | | | | Hospital | 277 (34.5) | | | Health centre | 44 (5.5) | | | Home | 444 (55.2) | | | Traditional birth attendant | 2 (0.2) | | | Other | 37 (4.6) | | | Season of death of childa | | | | Wet | 583 (60.3) | | | Dry | 384 (39.7) | | | Mothers | | | | Age of mother when child was born | | | | 0–19 | 121 (13.1) | 1368 (9.9) | | 20–29 | 412 (44.7) | 6526 (47.4) | | 30–39 | 267 (29.0) | 4382 (31.9) | | 40–49 | 109 (11.8) | 1349 (9.8) | | 50+ | 12 (1.3) | 131 (1.0) | | Age of mother when child diedb | | | | 0–19 | 61 (6.6) | | | 20–29 | 403 (43.8) | | | 30–39 | 293 (31.8) | | | 40–49 | 146 (15.9) | | | 50+ | 18 (2.0) | | | Educational level of mother | | | | None | 757 (82.2) | 10400 (75.6) | | Primary | 110 (11.9) | 2192 (15.9) | | Junior high school | 37 (4.0) | 811 (5.9) | | Senior high school/Tertiary | 17 (1.8) | 352 (2.6) | | Mother’s SES | | | | Least poor | 274 (29.0) | 3811 (26.5) | | Less poor | 240 (25.4) | 3189 (22.2) | | Poor | 225 (23.8) | 3109 (21.6) | | More poor | 131 (13.9) | 2726 (18.9) | | Very poor | 75 (7.9) | 1557 (10.8) |
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aData exclude live children. bData exclude mothers with live children.
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