Table 3.
The Distribution of Live Births and Under-Five Mortality Rates across Categories of the Background Variables and Programmable Determinants in Rural EAG States for Five Years Preceding the NFHS-3 (2005-06) Survey of India (n = 13,785)
| Background Variables | Live Birth (n = 13,785) | Under-Five mortality (95% C I) | Programmable Determinants | Live Births (n = 13,785) | Under-Five mortality (95% C I) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAG States | 13,785 (100.0) | Mother’s age at birth | 24.1±5.5 | ||||
| Bihar | 1,562 (11.3) | 65.9 (53.6, 78.3) | 12-19 y | 2,868 (20.8) | 104.2 (93.1, 115.4) | ||
| Jharkhand | 1,148 (8.3) | 73.2 (58.1, 88.3) | 20-30 y | 9,055 (65.7) | 69.1 (63.9, 74.4) | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,738 (12.6) | 86.3 (73.1, 99.5) | ≥ 31 y | 1,862 (13.5) | 76.8 (64.7, 88.9) | ||
| Chhattisgarh | 1,162 (8.4) | 78.3 (62.8, 93.8) | Place of Delivery | ||||
| Rajasthan | 1,500 (10.9) | 74.0 (60.7, 87.3) | Institutional | 2,391 (17.3) | 75.3 (64.7, 85.9) | ||
| Orissa | 1,220 (8.9) | 72.1 (57.6, 86.7) | Non-institutional | 11,394 (82.7) | 77.9 (73.0, 82.9) | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,587 (33.3) | 86.9 (78.8, 95.1) | Delivery assistance | ||||
| Uttarakhand | 868 (6.3) | 48.4 (34.0, 62.7) | Doctors/ANM/HP | 3,582 (26.0) | 68.4 (60.1, 76.7) | ||
| Caste | DAI/TBA | 6,783 (49.2) | 79.0 (72.6, 85.4) | ||||
| Scheduled Caste | 2,938 (21.3) | 89.9 (79.5, 100.2) | Relatives/no one | 3,420 (24.8) | 83.9 (74.6, 93.2) | ||
| Scheduled Tribe | 2,085 (15.1) | 88.2 (76.1, 100.4) | Type of Delivery | ||||
| Others | 8,762 (63.6) | 70.8 (65.4, 76.1) | Normal | 13,439 (97.5) | 77.7 (73.2, 82.2) | ||
| Religion | Caesarian | 346 (2.5) | 69.4 (42.5, 96.3) | ||||
| Hindu | 11,913 (86.4) | 76.9 (72.2, 81.8) | Sex of the baby | ||||
| Others | 1,872 (13.6) | 80.7 (68.3, 93.0) | Male | 7,073 (51.3) | 71.3 (65.3, 77.3) | ||
| Mother’s education | Female | 6,712 (48.7) | 84.0 (77.4, 90.7) | ||||
| Illiterate | 9,226 (66.9) | 86.7 (80.9, 92.5) | Birth Order & Birth Interval | ||||
| Primary and above | 4,559 (33.1) | 58.8 (51.9, 65.6) | First Birth Order | 3,340 (24.2) | 94.0 (84.1, 103.9) | ||
| Mother’s occupation | 2-3 Birth Order & Birth Interval ≥ 2y | 3,651 (26.5) | 46.3 (39.5, 53.1) | ||||
| Professional/clerical/sales | 213 (1.6) | 70.4 (35.8, 105.1) | 2-3 Birth Order & Birth Interval < 2y | 1,838 (13.3) | 91.4 (78.2, 104.6) | ||
| Agri related/unskilled | 6,508 (47.2) | 79.3 (72.7, 85.9) | ≥ 4 Birth Order & Birth Interval ≥ 2y | 3,405 (24.7) | 59.0 (51.1, 66.9) | ||
| Not working | 7,064 (51.2) | 76.0 (69.8, 82.2) | ≥ 4 Birth Order & Birth Interval < 2 y | 1,551 (11.3) | 139.3 (122.0, 156.5) | ||
| Total number of children | Size of the baby at birth | ||||||
| ≤2 | 5,139 (37.6) | 70.4 (63.4, 77.4) | Very small & small | 3,064 (22.2) | 107.0 (96.1, 118.0) | ||
| > 2 | 8,646 (62.7) | 81.7 (75.9, 87.4) | Average | 8,182 (59.3) | 68.4 (62.9, 73.9) | ||
| Household Wealth Index | Very large & large | 2,539 (18.4) | 70.9 (60.9, 80.9) | ||||
| Poorest | 5,637 (40.9) | 87.9 (80.6, 95.4) | Survival status of previous child | ||||
| Poorer | 3,714 (26.9) | 85.1 (76.1, 94.1) | Alive | 9,264 (67.2) | 63.1 (58.2, 68.1) | ||
| Middle | 2,440 (17.7) | 70.9 (60.7, 81.1) | First Baby | 3,340 (24.2) | 94.0 (84.1, 103.9) | ||
| Richer | 1,485 (10.8) | 43.1 (32.8, 53.4) | Dead | 1,181 (8.6) | 143.1 (123.1, 163.1) | ||
| Richest | 509 (3.7) | 37.3 (20.8, 53.9) | Breastfeeding | ||||
| Desire for pregnancy | Yes | 13,152 (95.4) | 54.3 (50.4, 58.2) | ||||
| Then | 10,699 (77.6) | 76.2 (71.2, 81.3) | No | 633 (4.6) | 559 (520, 598) | ||
| Later | 1,284 (9.3) | 72.4 (58.2, 86.6) | |||||
| No more | 1,802 (13.1) | 88.2 (75.1, 101.3) | |||||