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. 2013 Mar 26;12:14. doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-14

Table 2.

Crude and adjusted odd ratios of place of death

Variable Crude odd ratio
Adjusted odd ratio
Odd ratio P-value Confidence interval Odd ratio p-value Confidence interval
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male
 
 
 
 
 
 
Female
0.93
0.247
[0.82, 1.05]
1.27
0.024
[1.05, 1.54]
Age Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
15-34
4.23
0.000
[3.41, 5.24]
2.73
0.000
[1.99, 3.73]
35-54
4.21
0.000
[3.44, 5.16]
2.44
0.000
[1.87, 3.18]
55-74
2.53
0.000
[2.06, 3.12]
1.88
0.000
[1.51, 2.35]
>74(RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marital Status
 
 
 
 
 
 
Married(RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dissolved (Separated/divorced)
0.65
0.000
[0.52, 0.80]
0.68
0.001
[0.53, 0.86]
Single
1.03
0.753
[0.87, 1.21]
0.68
0.000
[0.56, 0.84]
Widowed
0.46
0.000
[0.39, 0.54]
0.70
0.000
[0.57, 0.85]
Religion
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orthodox (RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Others
1.13
0.218
[0.93, 1.37]
1.06
0.614
[0.85, 1.32]
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amhara (RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gurage
1.02
0.810
[0.84, 1.24]
1.03
0.797
[0.82, 1.29]
Oromo
0.78
0.002
[0.67, 0.92]
0.78
0.005
[0.66, 0.93]
Others
0.93
0.488
[0.75, 1.14]
0.95
0.631
[0.76, 1.18]
Educational Status
 
 
 
 
 
 
No education (RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary Education
2.38
0.000
[2.00, 2.83]
1.80
0.000
[1.48, 2.20]
Secondary Education
3.55
0.000
[2.97, 4.23]
2.62
0.000
[2.09, 3.29]
Above Secondary Education
4.81
0.000
[3.80, 6.07]
3.59
0.000
[2.68, 4.80]
Other (Informal Education)
1.92
0.000
[1.49, 2.48]
1.74
0.000
[1.33, 2.29]
Occupational Status
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unemployed(RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
House wife
0.73
0.008
[0.58, 0.92]
1.14
0.397
[0.85, 1.52]
Retired
0.66
0.002
[0.51, 0.86]
0.90
0.502
[0.66, 1.23]
Professional/Clerical/Managerial
2.40
0.000
[1.77, 3.26]
1.35
0.089
[0.96, 1.90]
Manual work
1.16
0.186
[0.93, 1.46]
1.05
0.682
[0.82, 1.34]
Sales and Services
1.57
0.001
[1.21, 2.03]
1.29
0.072
[0.98, 1.71]
Cause of Death
 
 
 
 
 
 
HIV/AIDS (RC)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cardiovascular diseases
0.24
0.000
[0.18, 0.34]
1.41
0.005
[1.11, 1.80]
Digestive diseases
0.73
0.003
[0.59, 0.89]
1.56
0.004
[1.15, 2.12]
Infectious& parasitic diseases
1.04
0.776
[0.79, 1.38]
0.90
0.469
[0.68, 1.20]
Injuries
0.48
0.000
[0.37, 0.63]
0.53
0.000
[0.38, 0.73]
Malignant neoplasm
0.49
0.000
[0.36, 0.67]
0.70
0.015
[0.53, 0.93]
Other non communicable diseases
0.53
0.000
[0.40, 0.68]
1.36
0.031
[1.03, 1.79]
Respiratory conditions
0.88
0.329
[0.69, 1.13]
1.39
0.081
[0.96, 2.01]
Tuberculosis
0.71
0.045
[0.50, 0.99]
1.21
0.173
[0.92, 1.58]
Undetermined 0.94 0.614 [0.73, 1.21] 0.47 0.000 [0.33, 0.66]

Note: The logistic regression analyses is adjusting for sex, age, marital status, religion, ethnicity, educational status and cause of death.