Table 4.

Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated With a Death at Home Versus a Death in at Hospital, in 25 Villages of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, From March 2009 to August 2010, N = 236 Verbal Autopsies.

	Death at Hospital, n = 34	Death at Home, n = 202	Univariate		Multivariate
Factors	n (%)	n (%)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Age of deceased younger than 5 years	13 (38.2)	10 (4.9)	11.8 (4.2–33.1)	<.001	10.36 (2.8–37.9)	<.001
Gender of deceased: male	19 (55.9)	90 (44.6)	1.6 (0.7–3.3)	.22	NK
Head of family attended school in childhood	25 (73.5)	123 (60.9)	1.8 (0.8–4.0)	.15	NS
Occupation of the deceased
Farmer	15 (44.1)	111 (54.9)	0.64 (0.3–1.3)	.24	NK
Seller	7 (20.6)	39 (19.3)	1.1 (0.4–2.6)	.86	NK
Factory worker	1 (2.9)	2 (0.9)	3.0 (0.3–34.7)	.34	NK
Other (students)	11 (32.3)	50 (24.8)	1.4 (0.6–3.2)	.35	NK
Cause of death by verbal autopsy
Communicable disease	17 (50.0)	55 (27.2)	2.7 (1.3–5.7)	.008	NS
Noncommunicable disease	13 (38.2)	120 (59.4)	0.4 (0.2–0.9)	.021	NS
External cause	0 (0)	2 (0.9)	—		NK
Perinatal conditions	4 (11.8)	2 (0.9)	13.3 (2.2–80.4)	<.001	NS
Unknown, unspecified	0 (0)	23 (11.4)	—		NK
Final illness duration <1 week	19 (55.9)	58 (28.7)	3.1 (1.5–6.7)	.002	2.8 (1.2–6.7)	.019
Wealth of the deceased’s family
Owns a TV	26 (76.5)	144 (72.0)	1.3 (0.5–2.9)	.589	NK
Owns a mobile phone	21 (61.8)	113 (56.5)	1.2 (0.6–2.6)	.567	NK
Owns a motorbike	20 (58.8)	87 (43.1)	1.8 (0.9–4.1)	.088	3.6 (1.4–9.3)	.009
Owns a car	3 (8.8)	4 (1.9)	4.7 (1.0–22.8)	.029	NK

95% CI: 95% confidence interval. NK: not kept in the multivariate logistic regression model.