作者
Osita Kingsley Ezeh, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Michael John Dibley, John Joseph Hall, Andrew Nicolas Page
发表日期
2015/3/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
5
期号
3
页码范围
e006779
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
To identify common factors associated with post-neonatal, infant, child and under-5 mortality in Nigeria.
Design, setting and participants
A cross-sectional data of three Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) for the years 2003, 2008 and 2013 were used. A multistage, stratified, cluster random sampling method was used to gather information on 63 844 singleton live-born infants of the most recent birth of a mother within a 5-year period before each survey was examined using cox regression models.
Main outcome measures
Postneonatal mortality (death between 1 and 11 months), infant mortality (death between birth and 11 months), child mortality (death between 12 and 59 months) and under-5 mortality (death between birth and 59 months).
Results
Multivariable analyses indicated that children born to mothers with no formal education was significantly associated with mortality across all …
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OK Ezeh, KE Agho, MJ Dibley, JJ Hall, AN Page - BMJ open, 2015