Table 2.
Infant deaths (N = 470) stratified by birth order of a child, rural Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, 1993–2009
| No. of live births per family | Birth order of deceased infants per family | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1 | OBS | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Percent | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | OBS | 55 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Percent | 67.1 | 32.9 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | OBS | 50 | 43 | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| Percent | 44.6 | 37.5 | 17.9 | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | OBS | 31 | 23 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – |
| Percent | 36.1 | 26.7 | 22.1 | 15.1 | – | – | – | |
| 5 | OBS | 16 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 4 | – | – |
| Percent | 24.6 | 18.5 | 40.0 | 10.8 | 6.2 | – | – | |
| 6 | OBS | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | – |
| Percent | 15.9 | 22.7 | 15.9 | 25.0 | 18.2 | 2.3 | – | |
| 7–10 | OBS | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Percent | 11.8 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 17.7 | 2.9 | |
OBS = observed number of infant deaths; Percent = row percentages.