Table 4. Multiple logistic regression analysis of the risk factors associated with measles death during 16 outbreaks in Bihar, India, October 2011 to April 2012.
Variables | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% CI | P | |
Age (year) | ||||
<1 | 4.95 | 2.05 | 11.94 | 0.002 |
1–4 | 2.73 | 1.20 | 6.21 | 0.020 |
> = 5 | 1 | |||
Female sex | 1.40 | 0.84 | 2.30 | 0.178 |
Hindu religion | 0.78 | 0.26 | 2.33 | 0.642 |
Income below poverty line | 1.22 | 0.55 | 2.75 | 0.601 |
Illiterate head of the household | 4.45 | 0.80 | 24.77 | 0.084 |
Scheduled caste/tribe | 4.86 | 1.72 | 13.75 | 0.005 |
Vitamin A not given during illness | 11.65 | 4.53 | 29.97 | 0.000 |
First cases in the household vs second or higher cases in household | 1.45 | 0.93 | 2.28 | 0.098 |
Interval between the rash onset of first case and notification of outbreak (> = Median) | 3.86 | 1.27 | 11.72 | 0.021 |
Interval between notification of outbreak and outbreak response (> = Median) | 1.31 | 0.44 | 3.93 | 0.603 |