Table 4.

Variables associated with a higher risk of neonatal death in multivariate subgroup analysis adjusted for socio-economic status

Risk factors	Early neonatal death (n=345)	Late neonatal death (n=117)	Low birthweight (n=204)	Normal birthweight (n=256)
Neonatal complication at birth	18.8 (4.2–84.5)***	123.2 (3.8–3,974)**	262.8 (4.5–15,317)**	194.4 (7.81–4,842)**
Neonate having health problem	4.2 (1.3–13.6)*		195.5 (2.7–14,306)*	7.8 (0.99–61.7)
Lack of knowledge of danger signs for newborns		8.1 (1.2–57.9)*	37.7 (2.1–686.8)*	13.4 (1.1–164.8)*
Neonate having low Apgar score	4.9 (1.2–20.5)**		27.9 (1.3–618)*
Maternal complications during pregnancy			6.3 (0.4–99.0)	57.5 (0.6–5,418)
Delivery at home	4.4 (0.9–20.7)		171.2 (1.8–16,296)*
History of maternal having neonatal complications		78.4 (2.0–3,046)*	7.9 (0.6–101.6)
Neonate did not receive kangaroo method			32.1 (1.1–952)*
Neonate did not receive early breastfeeding		44.2 (2.1–933)*		20.9 (2.5–173.7)**
Maternal high risk pregnancy			5.9 (0.6–54.1)
Age at marriage (first)	6.5 (0.6–63.5)

^*Significant at P<0.05;

^**significant at P<0.001;

^***significant at P<0.0001.

Note: Only variables that were significant at P<0.20 were included.