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Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression analysis for maternal and newborn characteristics and cause of deatha

From: Causes and age of neonatal death and associations with maternal and newborn care characteristics in Nepal: a verbal autopsy study

Characteristic (n = 326)

Adjusted relative risk ratios (95% CI)

 

Birth asphyxia

Prematurity

LBW-related

Others

Age (years)

  < 20

1.58

(0.70–3.61)

1.95

(0.76–5.00)

2.52

(0.60–10.68)

1.48

(0.67–3.29)

  ≥ 20- < 30

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  ≥ 30

1.76

(0.67–4.63)

0.63

(0.21–1.85)

1.55

(0.36–6.76)

1.78

(0.75–4.25)

Education

 No

Ref

 

Ref

 

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 Yes

0.62

(0.27–1.41)

1.44

(0.60–3.45)

0.68

(0.19–2.49)

2.11

(0.94–4.71)

 Don’t know

1.33

(0.53–3.31)

1.90

(0.69–5.20)

1.15

(0.24–5.58)

1.79

(0.68–4.71)

Nulligravida

 No

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 Yes

2.58

(1.15–5.83)

0.52

(0.22–1.23)

0.68

(0.18–2.58)

1.30

(0.63–2.67)

ANC visits

  < 4

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  ≥ 4

2.79

(1.30–5.99)

0.57

(0.26–1.28)

1.29

(0.40–4.17)

1.32

(0.66–2.64)

Delivery preparations

 0

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  ≥ 1

0.56

(0.26–1.21)

0.35

(0.16–0.77)

3.79

(0.45–32.07)

0.50

(0.25–1.01)

Multiple births

 Single

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 Multiple

5.37

(1.40–20.58)

6.12

(1.68–22.34)

1.64

(0.16–17.00)

0.63

(0.07–5.70)

Birth location

 Home or other

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 Health facility

0.83

(0.37–1.87)

1.28

(0.52–3.12)

1.90

(0.47–7.65)

0.71

(0.33–1.52)

Sex

 Female

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 Male

0.99

(0.51–1.92)

0.67

(0.33–1.35)

0.63

(0.21–1.83)

0.74

(0.40–1.37)

Death location

 Home or other

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 Health facility

1.96

(0.90–4.27)

2.26

(0.94–5.43)

2.12

(0.62–7.30)

1.17

(0.54–2.53)

  1. aReference category: Sepsis