Table 4 Rate Ratios for all-cause and malaria childhood mortality 1999–2003 in the Nouna DSS, based on multivariate Poisson Regression
From: Pattern of cause-specific childhood mortality in a malaria endemic area of Burkina Faso
Variable | Level | Rate Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | p > χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Gender | Male (vs. Female) | 1.10 | (1.00 – 1.22) | 0.06 |
Season | Dry (vs. Rainy) | 0.83 | (0.75 – 0.92) | < .01 | |
Setting | Nouna town (vs. Villages) | 0.75 | (0.66 – 0.86) | < .01 | |
Age Class | Neonates (< 1 month) (vs. Children 1–4) | 3.99 | (3.21 – 4.98) | < .01 | |
Infants (1–5 months) (vs. Children 1–4) | 2.01 | (1.74 – 2.32) | < .01 | ||
Infants (6–11 months) (vs. Children 1–4) | 2.45 | (2.15 – 2.78) | < .01 | ||
Malaria | Gender | Male (vs. Female) | 0.99 | (0.85 – 1.15) | 0.90 |
Season | Dry (vs. Rainy) | 0.57 | (0.49 – 0.66) | < .01 | |
Setting | Nouna town (vs. Villages) | 0.92 | (0.77 – 1.10) | 0.34 | |
Age Class | Neonates (< 1 month) (vs. Children 1–4) | 0.88 | (0.39 – 1.97) | 0.75 | |
Infants (1–5 months) (vs. Children 1–4) | 1.76 | (1.39 – 2.22) | < .01 | ||
Infants (6–11 months) (vs. Children 1–4) | 2.94 | (2.46 – 3.52) | < .01 |