Table 2.
Prevalence of Under-five mortality rate per 1000 live births by some Socio-economic characteristics with 95% CI in India, 2015–16
| Covariates | Child Mortality rate |
|---|---|
| Place of Residence | |
| Urban | 2.39 (2.11, 2.67)) |
| Rural | 3.93 (3.80, 4.07) |
| Birth Interval | |
| Less than 2 years | 4.52 (4.18, 4.85) |
| 2–3 years | 3.42 (3.09, 3.76)) |
| More than 3 years | 3.18 (2.94, 3.41)) |
| Parity | |
| First–Second | 2.68 (2.51, 2.84)) |
| Third and above | 5.00 (4.65, 5.36) |
| Educational level | |
| No education | 5.39 (5.00, 5.79) |
| Primary | 4.05 (3.64, 4.46) |
| Secondary | 2.65 (2.40, 2.90) |
| Higher | 1.48 (1.29, 1.68) |
| Wealth Index | |
| Poorest | 5.39 (5.07, 5.71) |
| Poorer | 4.26 (3.87, 4.66) |
| Middle | 3.36 (3.03, 3.70) |
| Richer | 2.25 (1.89, 2.62) |
| Richest | 1.43 (1.23, 1.67) |
| Quality of water | |
| Improved | 3.49 (3.31, 3.67) |
| Unimproved | 3.23 (2.83, 3.63) |
| Others | 2.96 (0.63, 5.29) |
| Stool disposal of the child | |
| Safe | 0.83 (0.75, 0.90) |
| Unsafe | 1.20 (1.13, 1.28) |
| Toilet Facility | |
| Improved*Not shared | 2.35 (2.13, 2.57) |
| Shared | 3.13 (2.47, 3.78) |
| Unimproved | 3.17 (2.09, 4.24) |
| No facility | 4.68 (4.42, 4.94) |
| Others | 3.04 (-0.07, 6.85) |
| Cooking Fule | |
| Clean | 2.32 (2.09, 2.54) |
| Solid | 4.18 (4.01, 4.35) |
| Type of house | |
| Kachcha | 2.66 (2.09, 3.22) |
| Semi Pakka | 3.55 (3.39, 3.71) |
| Pakka | 3.42 (2.97, 3.87) |
| Total | 34.6 (3.30, 3.62) |