Table 4.
Differences in stillbirth and neonatal death rates in COVID-19 impacted cohort vs. unaffected reference cohort by strata.
Unadjusted | Adjusted | Births Aug 2019–Jan 2020 | Births May 2020 + | |||||||||
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n | RR | 95% CI | n | ARR | 95% CI | n | Rate | 95% CI | n | Rate | 95% CI | |
Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
National | 785 | 2.24 | [0.93–5.39] | 785 | 2.71 | [0.92–7.94] | 523 | 0.021 | [0.011, 0.042] | 262 | 0.048 | [0.026,0.086] |
Rural | 536 | 2.03 | [0.79–5.18] | 536 | 2.19 | [0.72–6.70] | 348 | 0.024 | [0.012, 0.050] | 188 | 0.049 | [0.025,0.094] |
Urban | 186 | 5.19 | [0.30–88.65] | 186 | – | 137 | 0.009 | [0.001, 0.086] | 49 | 0.049 | [0.011,0.197] | |
Addis Ababa | 63 | – | 63 | – | 147 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | – | ||
Neonatal deaths | ||||||||||||
National | 1,808 | 0.99 | [0.38–2.56] | 1,808 | 0.83 | [0.34–2.05] | 1,559 | 0.023 | [0.015, 0.035] | 249 | 0.023 | [0.009,0.056] |
Rural | 1,123 | 0.78 | [0.24–2.55] | 1,123 | 0.69 | [0.23–2.05] | 946 | 0.025 | [0.015, 0.040] | 177 | 0.019 | [0.006,0.061] |
Urban | 513 | 2.84 | [0.44–18.31] | 513 | – | 466 | 0.018 | [0.008, 0.042] | 47 | 0.052 | [0.011,0.214] | |
Addis Ababa | 172 | – | 172 | – | 147 | 0.014 | [0.003, 0.054] | 25 | 0 | – |