From: Cause of neonatal deaths in Northern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
 | Prematurity | Asphyxia | Infection | Congenital | Unknown | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | NM Freq(%) | NM Freq(%) | NM Freq(%) | NM Freq(%) | NM Freq(%) | Â |
Age | ||||||
  < 18 | 2 (9) | 6 (27) | 6 (27) | 2 (9) | 6 (27) | 0.004 |
  ≥ 18 | 21 (46) | 15 (33) | 2 (4) | 3 (6) | 5 (11) |  |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 11(32) | 12 (35) | 4 (12) | 2 (6) | 5 (15) | 0.94 |
 Female | 12 (35) | 9 (26) | 4 (12) | 3 (9) | 6 (18) |  |
Residence | ||||||
 Rural | 12 (32) | 8 (21) | 8 (21) | 3 (8) | 7 (18) | 0.05 |
 Urban | 11(37) | 13 (43) | 0 | 2 (7) | 4 (13) |  |
Educational status | ||||||
 Unable to read | 7 (27) | 5 (19) | 6 (23) | 2 (8) | 6 (23) | 0.16 |
 Primary | 4 (25) | 8 (50) | 1 (6) | 2 (13) | 1 (6) |  |
 Secondary | 6 (37) | 7 (44) | 1 (6) | 0 | 2 (13) |  |
 Tertiary | 6 (56) | 1 (11) | 0 | 1 (11) | 2 (22) |  |
Income | ||||||
 Poor | 12 (46) | 4 (15) | 5 (19) | 3 (12) | 2 (8) | 0.09 |
 Medium | 3 (15) | 8 (40) | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | 6 (30) |  |
 Rich | 6 (33) | 7 (39) | 2 (11) | 0 | 3 (17) |  |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 22 (34) | 19 (29) | 8(12) | 5(8) | 11(17) | 0.66 |
 Other | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Distance | ||||||
  < =5 km | 6 (20) | 11 (38) | 4 (14) | 4 (14) | 4 (14) | 0.04 |
 5–10 km | 10 (50) | 3 (15) | 1 (5) | 0 | 6 (30) |  |
  > =10 km | 6 (46) | 5 (39) | 3 (15) | 0 | 0 |  |