Table 3.
Distribution of neonatal deaths by mother’s age against birth order and birth interval
| |
Mother's age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
13-19 |
20-34 |
35-49 |
All age |
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| Variable | No. live births | Death n/N(%) | No. live births | Death n/N(%) | No. live births | Death n/N(%) | No. live births | Death n/N(%) | P-value |
|
All
Birth order
|
3238 |
150/3238(4.63) |
12294 |
346/12294(2.81) |
2607 |
80/2607(3.07) |
18139 |
576/18139(3.18) |
<0.01 |
| First order |
2549 |
102/2549(4.00) |
7583 |
186/7583(2.45) |
1430 |
37/1430(2.59) |
11562 |
325/11562(2.81) |
|
| Second order |
689 |
48/689(6.97) |
4711 |
160/4711(2.45) |
1177 |
43/1177(3.65) |
6577 |
251/6577(3.82) |
|
|
Interval between first & second birth |
689 |
48/689(6.97) |
4711 |
160/4711(2.45) |
1177 |
43/1177(3.65) |
6577 |
251/6577(3.82) |
<0.01 |
| Short birth interval (less than 33 months after the previous birth) |
512 |
46/512(8.98) |
2337 |
98/2337(4.19) |
492 |
12/492(2.44) |
3341 |
156/3341(4.67) |
|
| Long birth interval (greater than 33 months after the previous birth) | 177 | 2/177(1.13) | 2374 | 62/2374(2.61) | 685 | 31/685(4.53) | 3236 | 95/3236(2.94) | |