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. 2021 Dec 13;10(2):287–295. doi: 10.21106/ijma.508

Table 3.

Neonatal mortality rates with 95% Confidence intervals

Variables Neonatal deaths Total births NMR 95% C.I
Place of residence

 Urban 118 6,783 17.4(14.3-20.5)

 Rural 238 12,168 19.6 (17.1-22.0)

Wealth

 Poor 168 8,418 20.6(16.9-23.0)

Middle

 Rich 65 3,385 19.2(14.5-23.9)

 Mothers’ education 124 7,149 17.3(14.3-20.4)

 No education 45 2,244 20.1(14.2-25.9)

 Primary 217 10,652 20.4(17.7-23.1)

 Secondary 57 4,485 12.9 (9.4-16.0)

 higher 37 1,571 23.6(16.0-31.1)

Mother’s age

 < 19 years 24 983 24.4(14.6-34.2)

 20-29 years 180 10,487 17.2(14.7-19.4)

 30-39 years 115 6,212 18.5(15.1-21.9)

 >40 years 38 1,271 29.9 (20.4-39.4)

Birth spacing

 <2 years 71 3,003 23.6 (18.1-29.1)

 >2 years 174 10,917 15.9 (13.6-18.3)

Sex

 Male 185 9,601 19.3 (16.5-22.0)

 Female 171 9,350 18.3 (15.5-21.0)

Birth weight

 Underweight 17 372 45.7(24.0-67.4)

 Normal weight 28 3,124 9.0 (5.6-12.3)

 Above N W 26 2,447 10.6 (6,5-14.7)

 Not weighed at birth 79 3,021 26.2 (20.4-31.9)

Place of delivery
 Facility 206 11,524 17.9 (15.4-20.3)

 Home 138 7,159 19.3 (16.1-22.5)

No. of ANC visits

 No ANC visits 24 563 42.6(25.6-59.7)

 1-3 ANC visits 80 5,419 14.8 (11.5-18.0)
 >4 ANC visits 87 8,161 10.7 (8.4-12.9)

N.W=Normal Weight