Table 3.
Demographic and Obstetric Characteristics: Hazard Ratios of Combined Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Deaths for 16,023 Singleton Deliveriesat Harare Maternity Hospital; October 1997 to September 1998
| Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Intervals) | |
| Maternal age | |
| Below 20 | 0.86 (0.73 – 1.01) |
| 20 to 35 | Reference |
| Above 35 | 1.50 (1.21 – 1.84) |
| Infant sex | |
| Male | 1.09 (0.96 – 1.24) |
| Female | Reference |
| Parity | |
| Para 0 | 0.91 (0.80 – 1.05) |
| Para 1–2 | Reference |
| Para above 2 | 1.20 (1.01 – 1.42) |
*There was no evidence of time dependence of mortality risk (i.e., no evidence of non-proportion hazards) for maternal age, infant sex, or parity