. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Scand Stud Criminol Crime Prev. 2008 Dec 1;9(S1):2–24. doi: 10.1080/14043850802450096

Table 2.

Rates and causes of infant and child deaths (International Classification of Diseases) among first-born children through age 9

	Treatment group				Treatment comparisons

	Comparison		Nurse-visited		Comparison versus nurse

	n=498		n=222		P-value	Odds ratio (CI)

	10 (20.08)		1 (4.50)		0.080 ^a	0.22 (0.03, 1.74)
No. of deaths (rate/1000)	Cause of death (ICD9 code)	Age at death (days)	Cause of death (ICD9 code)	Age at death (days)
	Extreme prematurity (7650)	3	Chromosomal abnormalities (7589)	24
	Sudden infant death syndrome (7980)	20
	Sudden infant death syndrome (7980)	35
	Ill-defined intestinal infections (90)	36
	Sudden infant death syndrome (7980)	49
	Multiple congenital anomalies (7597)	152
	Chronic respiratory disease in arising in perinatal period (7707)	549
	Homicide assault by fire-arm (9654)	1569
	Motor vehicle accident (8129)	2100
	Accident caused by fire-arm (9229)	2114

This is the likelihood ratio P-value. The chi-square test probability is 0.116.