Table 2.

Comparisons of children < 5 years who died in the unions located within 13.6 km of the nearest tertiary hospital with those who lived ≥ 13.6 km from the nearest tertiary hospital in Bangladesh, 2010–12

Distance from surveillance hospitals*	Census population of children < 5 years (n)	All-cause deaths, N = 894, (%)	Acute diarrhea-associated deaths, N = 36, (%)	Incidence of all-cause mortality per 1,000 live births per year (95% CI)	Incidence of acute diarrhea-associated mortality per 1,000 live births per year (95% CI)
< 13.6 kilometers	33,534	437 (49)	18 (50)	26 (16–36)	2.1 (1–10)
≥ 13.6 kilometers	24,709	457 (51)	18 (50)	37 (25–49)	2.9 (1–11)
P value†	–	–	–	< 0.01	0.35

CI = confidence interval.

^*Median distance threshold.

^†For χ² test of homogeneity.