Table 2.
Odds of having developmental delay among children aged 1- < 6 years according to the sociodemographic characteristics
|
Socio-demographic parameters
N = 21,316 |
Gross Motor
(GM) N (%) 412 (1.9) |
Fine Motor-adaptive (FMA)
N (%) 435 (2) |
Language
(L) N (%) 904 (4.2) |
Personal-Social (PS)
N (%) 681 (3.2) |
Children with at least one delay
N (%) 1365 (6.4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locality | |||||
| Urban ( n = 9707) | 209 (2.2) | 225 (2.3) | 476 (4.9) | 349 (3.6) | 699 (7.2) |
| Rural ( n = 11,609) | 203 (1.7) | 210 (1.8) | 428 (3.7) | 332 (2.9) | 666 (5.7) |
|
Odds (CI) OR urban vs. rural |
1.24 (1.02–1.50)* |
1.29 (1.07–1.56)* |
1.35 (1.18–1.54)* |
1.27 (1.09–1.48)** |
1.28 (1.14–1.42)** |
| Social class | |||||
| Low ( n = 6924) | 118 (1.7) | 115 (1.7) | 314 (4.3) | 187 (2.7) | 379 (5.5) |
| Middle ( n = 7093) | 170 (2.4) | 176 (2.5) | 347 (4.9) | 298 (4.2) | 562 (7.9) |
| High ( n = 7299) | 124 (1.7) | 144 (2) | 314 (4.3) | 196 (2.7) | 424 (5.8) |
| OR middle vs. low |
1.42 (1.12–1.80)* |
1.51 (1.19–1.91)* |
1.41 (1.196–1.67)* |
1.58 (1.31–1.90)** |
1.49 (1.30–1.70)** |
| OR middle vs. high |
1.421 (1.13–1.80)* |
1.26 (1.01–1.58)* |
1.14 (0.98–1.34) |
1.59 (1.32–1.91)** |
1.40 (1.23–1.59)** |
| OR low vs. high |
1.003 0.78–1.29 |
.839 0.66–1.08 |
.81 0.68–0.96 |
1.01 0.82–1.23 |
0.94 0.81–1.08 |
| Geographical distribution | |||||
| Cities ( n = 3264) | 91 (2.8) | 79 (2.4) | 216 (6.6) | 149 (4.6) | 313 (9.6) |
| Lower Egypt ( n = 7921) | 112 (1.4) | 160 (2) | 324 (4.1) | 271 (3.4) | 520 (6.6) |
| Upper Egypt ( n = 7705) | 168 (2.2) | 149 (1.9) | 282 (3.7) | 210 (2.7) | 418 (5.4) |
| Frontier ( n = 2426) | 41 (1.7) | 47 (1.9) | 82 (3.4) | 51 (2.1) | 114 (4.7) |
| OR lower Egypt vs. cities |
0.50 (0.38–0.66)** |
0.83 (0.63–1.09) |
.60 (0.50–0.72) |
0.74 (0.60–0.91)** |
0.66 (0.57–0.77)** |
| OR upper Egypt vs. cities |
0.78 (0.60–1.01) |
0.80 (0.60–1.05) |
0.54 (0.45–0.64) |
0.59 (0.47-.0.73)** |
0.54 (0.46–0.63)** |
| OR frontiers vs. cities |
0.599 (0.41–0.87) |
0.80 (0.55–1.15) |
0.49 (0.38–0.64) |
0.45 (0.33–0.62)** |
0.47 (0.37–0.58)** |
| OR lower Egypt vs. frontiers |
0.83 (0.58–1.97) |
1.04 (0.75–1.45) |
1.22 (0.95–1.56) |
1.65 (1.22–2.23)** |
1.43 (1.16–1.75)** |
| OR upper Egypt vs. frontiers |
1.297 (0.92–1.83) |
0.998 (0.72–1.39) |
1.09 (0.85–1.395) |
1.30 (0.96–1.78) |
1.16 (0.94–1.44) |
* p-value significant at < 0.05
** p-value highly sig at < 0.01