Mortality rates (MRs) and HRs from time of home visit up to 28 days of life among home deliveries
| Variable | Number (%) | MR/1000 person-years (death/total) | HR (year adjusted) | HR (fully adjusted)* |
| BCG status at time of home visit | ||||
| BCG-unvaccinated | 4049 (82.5) | 147 (26/177) | Ref | Ref |
| BCG-vaccinated | 861 (17.5) | 81 (2/25) | 0.54 (0.12–2.33) | 0.55 (0.12–2.40) |
| Maternal education | ||||
| No education | 4147 (84.5) | 135 (23/170) | Ref | Ref |
| Primary/JSS | 590 (12.0) | 159 (4/25) | 1.20 (0.42–3.48) | 1.00 (0.34–2.98) |
| Secondary/tertiary | 154 (3.1) | 174 (1/6) | 1.12 (0.15–8.31) | 1.41 (0.19–10.55) |
| Missing | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0/1) | ||
| Sex of child | ||||
| Male | 2440 (49.7) | 170 (17/100) | Ref | Ref |
| Female | 2470 (50.3) | 109 (11/101) | 0.65 (0.30–1.38) | 0.64 (0.30–1.37) |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 1718 (35.0) | 155 (11/71) | Ref | Ref |
| Poorer | 1323 (27.0) | 201 (11/55) | 1.27 (0.55–2.93) | 1.23 (0.53–2.85) |
| Poor | 1066 (21.7) | 91 (4/44) | 0.57 (0.18–1.8) | 0.55 (0.18–1.74) |
| Less poor | 709 (14.4) | 71 (2/28) | 0.42 (0.09–1.91) | 0.42 (0.09–1.92) |
| Least poor | 73 (1.5) | 0 (0/3) | – | – |
| Missing | 21 (0.4) | 0 (0/1) | – | – |
| Season of birth | ||||
| Dry | 2643 (53.8) | 120 (13/108) | Ref | Ref |
| Rainy | 2267 (46.2) | 161 (15/93) | 1.18 (0.56–2.50) | 1.20 (0.57–2.54) |
| Maternal age | ||||
| <20 | 459 (9.4) | 322 (6/19) | 3.38 (1.09–10.53) | 3.38 (1.06–10.76) |
| 20–34 | 2989 (60.8) | 130 (16/123) | Ref | Ref |
| 37+ | 1464 (29.8) | 100 (6/60) | 1.33 (0.52–3.40) | 1.32 (0.51–3.40) |
*Adjusted for socioeconomic status (wealth index), sex, season of birth, maternal age, maternal education and interview year.
BCG, Bacille Calmette-Guerin; JSS, Junior Secondary School.