Table 4.
Adjusted odds ratios of covariates for seeking care from any care providers (0 = no care;1 = care from any provider) during fatal neonatal illness
| Neonatal death | p | 95% Confidence Interval | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | N | % | Odds Ratio | Lower | Upper | ||
| Sex of newborn | Male | 200 | 54.79 | 1 | |||
| Female | 165 | 45.21 | 0.43 | 0.001 | 0.26 | 0.71 | |
| Mode of delivery | |||||||
| Vaginal | 346 | 94.79 | 1.00 | ||||
| Caesarian | 19 | 5.21 | 1.63 | 0.562 | 0.31 | 8.54 | |
| Place of delivery | |||||||
| Home | 249 | 68.98 | 1.00 | ||||
| Institutional | 112 | 31.02 | 7.60 | <.001 | 3.80 | 15.21 | |
| Service area | |||||||
| Government | 192 | 52.6 | 1.00 | ||||
| ICDDR,B | 173 | 47.4 | 1.17 | 0.545 | 0.70 | 1.95 | |
| Timing of death | |||||||
| Early Neonatal | 307 | 84.11 | 1.00 | ||||
| Late Neonatal | 58 | 15.89 | 7.73 | <.001 | 3.36 | 17.76 | |