Table 2 Association between selected predictor factors for perinatal mortality in rural population of northwest Ethiopia, 2009–2011
Descriptions | Perinatal death | COR (95% Confidence Interval) | AOR (95% Confidence Interval) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes: # (%) | No: #(%) | |||
Marital status of mothers | ||||
Married | 77 (4.7) | 1547 (95.3) | 0.53 (0.27,1.02) | 0.47 (0.21,1.08) |
Single/widowed/separated | 11 (8.6) | 117 (90.7) | 1 | 1 |
Educational status of mothers | ||||
Illiterate | 78 (6.1) | 1192 (93.9) | 3.94 (1.43,10.87) | 4.83 (1.45,16.05) |
Primary/informal | 6 (2.5) | 231 (97.5) | 1.57 (0.44,5.62) | 1.75 (0.43,7.25) |
Secondary & higher | 4 (1.6) | 245 (98.4) | 1 | 1 |
Fathers educational status | ||||
Illiterate | 57 (5.6) | 966 (94.4) | 2.2 (0.92,5.08) | 2.69 (0.78,9.34) |
primary school/informal | 25 (5.0) | 478 (95.0) | 1.92 (0.78,4.74) | 2.44 (0.71,8.40) |
Secondary/higher | 6 (2.7) | 220 (97.3) | 1 | 1 |
Mothers occupation | ||||
Farmer | 3 (12.0) | 22 (88.0) | 7.23 (1.37,38.06) | 5.02 (0.79,31.71) |
Own business | 5 (6.2) | 76 (93.8) | 3.49 (0.81,14.97) | 5.40 (1.40,27.96) |
Housewives | 77 (5.2) | 1403 (94.8) | 2.90 (0.91,9.30) | 2.73 (0.75,9.94) |
Others | 3 (1.9) | 159 (98.1) | 1 | 1 |
Fathers occupation | ||||
Student | 6 (10.5) | 51 (89.5) | 2.97 (0.80,10.99) | 1.04 (0.19, 5.62) |
Farmer | 72 (4.9) | 1402 (95.1) | 1.32 (1.47,3.69) | 0.37I (0.08,1.64) |
Own business | 6 (5.3) | 107 (94.7) | 1.44 (0.40,5.27) | 1.17 (0.25,5.47) |
Other | 4 (3.7) | 103 (95.9) | 1 | 1 |
Sex of infants | ||||
Male | 55 (6.2) | 835 (93.8) | 1.67 (1.06,2.58) | 1.61 (1.04,2.67) |
Female | 33 (3.8) | 828 (96.2) | 1 | 1 |
Type of birth out comes | ||||
Multiple | 12 (21.1) | 45 (78.9) | 5.7 (2.89,11.18) | 7.09 (3.22,15.61) |
Single | 76 (4.5) | 1619 (95.5) | 1 | 1 |
Birth interval for the index child | ||||
< 24 months | 40 (7.6) | 483 (92.4) | 2.04 (1.32,3.14) | 2.58 (1.61,4.13) |
> = 24 months | 48 (3.9) | 1181 (96.1) | 1 | 1 |
History of Abortion | ||||
Yes | 8 (9.3) | 78 (90.7) | 2.03 (0.95,4.35) | 1.31 (0.54,3.15) |
No | 80 (4.8) | 1586 (95.2) | 1 | 1 |
Previous still births | ||||
Yes | 15 (27.8) | 39 (70.9) | 8.6 (4.52,16.24) | 8.38 (3.94,17.83) |
No | 73 (4.3) | 1625 (95.8) | 1 | 1 |
Ever use of family planning Methods | ||||
Yes | 19 (4.4) | 415 (95.6) | 0.83 (0.49,1.4) | 1.09 (0.58,2.03) |
No | 69 (5.2) | 1249 (94.8) | 1 | 1 |
Maternal TT vaccine | ||||
No | 81 (6.0) | 1263 (94) | 3.67 (1.68,8.02) | 3.62 (1.57, 8.34) |
Yes | 7 (1.7) | 401 (98.3) | 1 | 1 |