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Table 3 Mortality rate according to insecticide-treated nets possession, socio-economic status and EIR levels in the Rufiji DSS: neonates and infants

From: Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project data in Rufiji demographic surveillance system, Tanzania

 

Neonates

Infants

Variable

n

Deaths

MR (95% CI)

n

Deaths

MR (95% CI)

EIR

      

 0

4,946

101

291.9 (244.5, 342.9)

7,852

132

27.1 (22.7, 32)

 >0.0-1

809

18

367.3 (234.2, 517.1)

2,897

17

11.6 (6.8, 18.5)*

 >1-10

1,323

20

238.1 (151.9, 343.5)

3,842

44

22.0 (16, 29.4)

 >10-100

442

8

285.7 (132.2, 486.7)

1,280

13

20.2 (10.8, 34.3)

 >100

34

2

1,000 (158.1, 1,032.4)

118

2

35.7 (4.4, 123.1)

ITN possession

      

 No

5,145

128

344.1 (295.9, 394.8)

6,801

177

40.1 (34.5, 46.3)

 Yes

1,279

21

225.8 (145.5, 324.2)

1,731

31

27.9 (19.1, 39.4)

Socio-economic status

     

 Poorest

1,156

21

250.0 (161.9, 356.4)

1,560

44

44.0 (32.2, 58.7)

 Very poor

1,351

37

377.6 (281.6, 481.2)

1,783

47

39.9 (29.5, 52.7)

 Poor

1,514

42

381.8 (290.8, 479.3)

1,963

47

36.3 (26.8, 48)

 Less poor

1,376

23

230.0 (151.7, 324.9)

1,841

41

34.9 (25.2, 47)

 Least poor

1,027

26

351.4 (243.9, 471.1)

1,385

29

33.0 (22. 2,47)

  1. *Significantly associated with mortality (bivariate analysis); MR = Mortality rate; n = person years.