Osita Kingsley Ezeh|Kingsley Agho|Michael J. Dibley|John Hall|Andrew Page
Risk factors for postneonatal, infant, child and under-5 mortality in Nigeria: a pooled cross-sectional analysis
Western Sydney University|Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals|Western Sydney University|University of Sydney|University of Newcastle Australia|Western Sydney University
identify common factors associated postneonatal infant child under5 mortality nigeriaa crosssectional data three nigeria demographic health surveys ndhs years 2003 2008 2013 used multistage stratified cluster random sampling method used gather information 63844 singleton liveborn infants recent birth mother within 5year period survey examined using cox regression modelspostneonatal mortality death 1 11 months infant mortality death birth 11 months child mortality death 12 59 months under5 mortality death birth 59 monthsmultivariable analyses indicated children born mothers formal education significantly associated mortality across four age ranges adjusted hr130 95 ci 101 166 postneonatal hr138 95 ci 111 184 infant hr213 95 ci 156 289 child hr119 95 ci 102 141 under5 significant factors included living rural areas hr148 95 ci 116 189 postneonatal hr123 95 ci 103 147 infant hr152 95 ci 116 199 child hr129 95 ci 111 150 under5 poor households hr247 95 ci 176 347 postneonatal hr140 95 ci 110 178 infant hr172 95 ci 119 249 child hr143 95 ci 117 176 under5this study found formal education poor households living rural areas increased risk postneonatal infant child under5 mortality among nigerian children communitybased interventions reducing under5 deaths needed target children born mothers low socioeconomic status