A prospective study on neonatal mortality and its predictors in a rural area in Burkina Faso: can MDG-4 be met by 2015?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) and investigate its predictors in a rural area of Burkina Faso.

Study design

A cohort of infants born in 24 villages in Banfora region was followed until the children were 6 months old. We estimated the risk of neonatal death and used logistic regression to identify its predictors.

Result

Among 864 live births followed to day 28, there were 40 neonatal deaths, a NMR of 46.3 per 1000 live births (95% confidence intervals (CI): 22 to 70). Multivariable regression identified twin birth (OR=11.5, 95% CI: 4.5 to 29.8), having a nulliparous mother (odds ratio (OR)=4.3, 95% CI: 1.5 to 12.1), and birth into a polygynous household (OR=2.1, 95% CI: 1.0 to 4.7) as main predictors of neonatal death.

Conclusion

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SUBMITTER: Diallo AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3183235 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature