Table 1.
Maternal demographic variables
| Variables | Category | Overall* | Neonates who died† |
| n=161 (%) | n=45 (%) | ||
| Age of mother (years) | ≤20 | 30 (18.6) | 10 (33.3) |
| >20 | 131 (81.4) | 35 (26.7) | |
| Marital status | Married/stable relationship | 91 (57.6) | 24 (26.4) |
| No partner | 67 (42.4) | 18 (26.8) | |
| Substance abuse | Yes | 13 (8.1) | 4 (30.8) |
| No | 147 (91.9) | 40 (27.2) | |
| Employment | Yes | 24 (15.1) | 5 (20.8) |
| No | 135 (84.9) | 39 (28.9) | |
| Electricity at home | Yes | 143 (89.9) | 41 (28.7) |
| No | 16 (10.1) | 3 (18.8) | |
| Running water at home | Yes | 99 (62.3) | 28 (28.3) |
| No | 60 (37.7) | 16 (26.7) | |
| Refrigerator at home | Yes | 109 (68.6) | 32 (29.4) |
| No | 50 (31.5) | 12 (24.0) | |
| Education level | Primary | 72 (45.6) | 22 (30.6) |
| Secondary/tertiary | 86 (54.4) | 21 (24.4) | |
| HIV-infection | Yes | 58 (36.5) | 14 (24.1) |
| No | 101 (63.5) | 30 (29.7) | |
| Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) | Fixed dose combination (FDC) drug | 45 (93.8) | 10 (22.2) |
| Second line treatment | 2 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) |
*The overall number and percentage per risk factor.
†The number and percentage of babies who died per risk factor category. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus, ART: antiretroviral treatment, FDC: fixed dose combination.