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Table 6 Gender bias in child survival in the Butajira cohort, 1987-2011

From: Consequences of maternal mortality on infant and child survival: a 25-year longitudinal analysis in Butajira Ethiopia (1987-2011)

Child age (days)

Deaths per 100000 child days (number of child deaths)

Crude death rate ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted death rate ratio (95% CI)

 

Mother survived

Maternal deaths (index children)

  

0-30

    

Male

95.59 (259)

11111.11 (12)

101.93 (43.03-241.46)

79.46 (33.62-187.82)

Female

67.54 (174)

2179.84 (8)

29.06 (13.36-63.20)

40.42 (9.37-174.42)

30-183

    

Male

7.97 (109)

555.56 (1)

64.42 (6.50-638.64)

56.48 (5.10-625.39)

Female

8.38 (109)

567.54 (5)

64.92 (22.08-190.90)

64.81 (14.31-293.47)

183-365

    

Male

4.53 (72)

   

Female

4.60 (70)

   
  1. Note: Variables used for adjusted ratios include: household wealth, mother’s age, mother’s ever marital status, and mother’s educational attainment.