Table 3.
Estimated PAR with 95% CI for common significant factors for child mortality across the five age groups in Nepal, 2001–2016 (n = 15,750).
| Variable | Neonatal Mortality | Post-Neonatal Mortality | Infant Mortality | Child Mortality | Under-Five Mortality | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous death of a child | n * | aHR $ | PAR (95% CI) | n * | aHR $ | PAR (95% CI) | n * | aHR $ | PAR (95% CI) | n * | aHR $ | PAR (95% CI) | n * | aHR $ | PAR (95% CI) |
| No | 38.2 | 1.00 | 44.1 | 1.00 | 40.4 | 1.00 | 27.1 | 1.00 | 38.8 | 1.00 | |||||
| Yes | 61.8 | 17.3 | 58.2 (50.5–65.2) | 55.9 | 13.05 | 51.6 (40.2–62.0) | 59.6 | 15.9 | 55.9 (49.6–61.7) | 72.9 | 16.98 | 68.6 (48.7–82.1) | 61.2 | 15.97 | 57.4 (51.5–62.9) |
| TT pregnancy times | |||||||||||||||
| Two or more | 40.8 | 1.00 | 46.8 | 1.00 | 43.0 | 1.00 | 33.6 | 1.00 | 41.8 | 1.00 | |||||
| One TT | 16.7 | 1.65 | 6.58 (0.45–14.2) | 15.3 | 1.34 | –– | 16.2 | 1.51 | 5.47 (0.70–11.3) | 12.4 | 1.62 | –– | 15.8 | 1.54 | 5.54 (1.01–10.9) |
| No TT | 42.4 | 2.28 | 23.8 (14.6–33.2) | 37.9 | 1.86 | 17.5 (5.81–29.8) | 40.8 | 2.44 | 24.1 (16.8–31.5) | 54.0 | 2.93 | 35.6 (14.2–54.5) | 42.4 | 2.39 | 24.7 (17.7–31.7) |
| Contraceptive use | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 21.7 | 1.00 | 19.0 | 1.00 | 20.7 | 1.00 | 27.7 | 1.00 | 21.0 | 1.00 | |||||
| No | 78.3 | 1.69 | 32.0 (12.5–48.3) | 81.0 | 2.69 | 50.9 (29.6–66.6) | 79.3 | 2.01 | 39.9 (25.9–51.6) | 77.3 | 2.47 | 46.0 (15.1–67.8) | 79.0 | 2.03 | 40.1 (27.2–51.1) |
* Weighted proportion of deaths in each of the five age groups. aHR: adjusted Hazard Ratio; PAR: Population Attributable Risk; CI: Confidence Interval. $ Adjusted model included: model 3; and number of ANC visits, TT pregnancy times, IFA supplementation, place of delivery, delivery assistance, mode of delivery, and current use of contraceptives at the time of the survey. –– PAR was not estimated because variables were not significant.