Table 3.
Cause of death in 442 infants who died aged ≤1 year
|
No of deaths
|
Cause specific mortality
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause | Total | Male | Female | Male | Female | Odds ratio(95% C) | χ2 | P value |
| Unexplained deaths | 44 | 11 | 33 | 2.93 | 10.12 | 3.48 (1.69 to 7.31) | 13.34 | <0.05 |
| Diarrhoea | 95 | 32 | 63 | 8.53 | 19.32 | 2.29 (1.46 to 3.59) | 14.42 | <0.05 |
| Acute respiratory infection | 48 | 22 | 26 | 5.86 | 7.97 | 1.36 (0.75 to 2.50) | 0.85 | 0.36 |
| High fever | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.06 | 0.3 | 0.29 (0.01 to 2.70) | 0.55 | 0.46 |
| Malnutrition | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1.86 | 2.14 | 1.15 (0.36 to 3.64) | 0 | 1 |
| Jaundice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.79 | 0.3 | 0.38 (0.02 to 4.29) | 0.13 | 0.72 |
| Birth asphyxia | 62 | 34 | 28 | 9.06 | 8.59 | 0.95 (0.56 to 1.61) | 0.01 | 0.93 |
| Immaturity | 55 | 28 | 27 | 7.46 | 8.28 | 1.11 (0.63 to 1.95) | 0.06 | 0.8 |
| Septicaemia | 39 | 20 | 19 | 5.33 | 5.82 | 1.09 (0.56 to 2.14) | 0.01 | 0.91 |
| Congenital anomaly | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6.39 | 3.98 | 0.62 (0.30 to 1.28) | 1.5 | 0.22 |
| Convulsions | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1.33 | 1.22 | 0.92 (0.21 to 3.93) | 0.04 | 0.83 |
| Injury | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.27 | 1.23 | 4.61 (0.49 to 108.27) | 1.11 | 0.29 |
| Others* | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2.39 | 1.53 | 0.64 (0.19 to 2.08) | 0.29 | 0.59 |
| Data not available | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2.13 | 0.92 | 0.43 (0.09 to 1.78) | 0.95 | 0.33 |
*
Meningitis with septicaemia (2), strangulated hernia (1), aspiration of feed (1), exanthematous fever (1), birth trauma (1), bleeding from cord with exsanguination (2), postoperative complication of shunt surgery for hydrocephalus (1), Rh incompatibility (1), sepsis (1), possible reaction to injection given to control vomiting (1).