Factors associated with infant mortality among 702 singleton newborns in Lungwena
| Risk factor | Deaths/total number of children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposed | Unexposed | RR | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Maternal primiparity | 37/169 | 53/533 | 2.21 | 5.2 to 18.7 | 0.000 |
| Birth in May–July | 29/129 | 61/573 | 2.12 | 4.2 to 19.5 | 0.000 |
| First recorded weight < 2500 g | 8/39 | 56/543 | 1.99 | −2.7 to 23.1 | 0.049 |
| Birth before 38 gestational weeks | 30/142 | 60/560 | 1.97 | 3.2 to 17.6 | 0.001 |
| Maternal HIV infection | 26/124 | 61/568 | 1.96 | 2.6 to 17.8 | 0.002 |
| Christian mother | 9/38 | 81/664 | 1.94 | −2.3 to 25.2 | 0.039 |
| Female headed family | 14/65 | 63/551 | 1.89 | −0.2 to 20.4 | 0.020 |
| Maternal weight gain < 200 g/week | 40/268 | 36/392 | 1.62 | 0.6 to 10.9 | 0.023 |
| Maternal education (for each year in school) | 1.098 | 1.001 to 1.204 | 0.047 | ||
| Maternal age (for each year) | 0.944 | 0.909 to 0.981 | 0.003 | ||
p Values were tested by means of the χ2 test.
The exposed group represents those children with the defined risk factor.
The unexposed group represents those children without the defined risk factor.
RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.