Table 6.

Results of negative binomial regression model of deaths in children less than 5 years old in Malawi 2006–2010: ITN ownership as exposure

	IRR	LCI	UCI	P value
Year
2006	1
2007	0.83	0.71	0.96	0.015
2008	0.78	0.64	0.95	0.014
2009	0.99	0.81	1.22	0.946
2010	0.80	0.59	1.08	0.14
Percent of children in households owning at least one ITN
Low (ref)	1
High	0.88	0.76	1.02	0.085
Percent of children living in wealthier households
Low (ref)	1
High	0.95	0.81	1.10	0.467
Percent of children with access to improved water sources
Low (ref)	1
High	1.16	0.98	1.37	0.08
Percent of children whose mothers have at least a primary education
Low (ref)	1
High	0.94	0.75	1.17	0.571
Percent of children 6−59 months stunted
Low (ref)	1
High	1.05	0.94	1.16	0.395
Percent of children whose mothers had two doses of tetanus immunization
Low (ref)	1
High	1.18	1.05	1.32	0.004
Percent of children living in urban residences
Low (ref)	1
High	0.96	0.78	1.17	0.681
Percent of children with improved sanitation facilities
Low (ref)	1
High	1.09	0.91	1.31	0.331
Percent of children 12–23 months fully immunized
Low (ref)	1
High	1.13	0.87	1.46	0.366
Percent of children less than 5 with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks
Low (ref)	1
High	1.10	0.97	1.26	0.15
Percent of children with vitamin A supplementation
Low (ref)	1
High	0.85	0.74	0.97	0.018
PfPR2–10
Low (ref)	1
High	0.99	0.87	1.13	0.881
Rain anomalies
Low (ref)	1
High	0.93	0.80	1.08	0.316

IRR = incidence rate ratio; LCI = lower confidence interval; UCI = upper confidence interval; BIC = −452.7889; Pearson deviance = 1.02809