Table 4 Characteristics of mothers and neonates with neonatal mortality on neonates delivered in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
| Â | Total live births | Neonatal death | Â | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | No | % | No | (RR,CI) | P-value |
Residence | |||||
 Rural | 397 | 34.46 | 38 | ref | ref |
 Urban | 755 | 65.54 | 30 | 0.39, 0.24–0.6 | <0.001 |
Preterm | |||||
 Yes | 93 | 8.07 | 42 | 7.06, 4.5–10.9 | <0.001 |
 No | 1059 | 91.93 | 26 | ref |  |
Post term | |||||
 Yes | 69 | 94.01 | 1 | 0.23, 0.03–1.6 | 0.14 |
 No | 1083 | 5.99 | 67 | ref |  |
Term | |||||
 Yes | 990 | 85.94 | 41 | 0.24,0.15–0.4 | <0.001 |
 No | 162 | 14.06 | 27 | ref |  |
Neonate out born | |||||
 Yes | 1085 | 94.18 | 18 | ref | ref |
 No | 67 | 5.82 | 50 | 5.68, 3.53–9.1 | <0.001 |
History of abortion | |||||
 Yes | 172 | 14.93 | 18 | 0.49, 0.29–0.8 |  |
 No | 980 | 85.07 | 50 | ref | 0.007 |
History of still birth | |||||
 Yes | 91 | 7.9 | 15 | ref |  |
 No | 1061 | 92.1 | 53 | 0.29, 0.17–0.5 | 0.006 |
Birth weight | |||||
 Low birth weight | 121 | 10.53 | 35 | 10.5, 4.2–25.9 | <0.001 |
 Normal | 853 | 74.24 | 28 | 1.19, 0.46–3.0 | 0.715 |
 Overweight | 175 | 15.23 | 5 | ref | ref |
Number of children | |||||
 Primiparae | 610 | 52.95 | 35 | ref | ref |
 2–4 children | 424 | 36.81 | 17 | 0.7, 0.40–1.23 | 0.206 |
 Multiple (≥5) | 118 | 10.24 | 15 | 2.36, 1.35–4.1 | 0.022 |