Predictors of time-to-death on children in Tigray regional state, Ethiopia: a retrospective cross sectional study

Table 2 Bivariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis of sociodemographic, economic and clinical predictors associated with under-five death rate of children in the Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 1018)

		95% CI for HR				95% CI for HR
Variables	CHR	Lower	Upper	P-value	AHR	Lower	Upper	P-value
Wealth index combined(ref. = rich)
Middle	0.7	0.073	6.74	0.760	1.52	0.104	22.2	0.80
Poor	7.24	0.073	6.74	0.0009^a	15.4	2.83	84	0.0016^a
Mother’s education level(ref. = higher)
Secondary	0.47	0.043	5.21	0.541	0.041	0.002	1.077	0.06
Primary	0.44	0.052	3.62	0.441	0.578	0.049	6.875	0.67
No education	1.35	0.185	9.88	0.766	1.527	0.126	18.586	0.74
Water drink source(ref. = protected water)
Unprotected water	2.7	1.24	5.8	0.012 ^a	2.24	0.94	5.6	0.07
Place of residence(ref. = urban)
Rural	3.659	2.004	6.68	0.0000^a	19.8	7.25	54.049	0.0000^a
Mother’s marital status(ref. = married)
Divorced/Widowed	0.67	0.207	2.18	0.507	0.246	0.047	1.2791	0.095
Single	3.84	0.925	15.9	0.064	0.333	0.032	3.505	0.36
Gender of child status(ref. = female)
Male	1.84	0.98	3.44	0.0573	0.954	0.460	1.978	0.90
Mother’s age	1.01	0.97	1.06	0.553	1.07	0.994	1.1519	0.07
Child vaccination status (ref. = yes)
No	7.65	3.53	16.6	0.0000^a	2.76	1.071	7.11	0.035^a

CHR crude hazard ratio, AHR adjusted hazard ratio,^a Significant at 5% level of significance, ref reference, CI confidence interval

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