Risk factors of neonatal mortality and child mortality in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child and neonatal mortality is a serious problem in Bangladesh. The main objective of this study was to determine the most significant socio-economic factors (covariates) between the years 2011 and 2014 that influences on neonatal and child mortality and to further suggest the plausible policy proposals.

Methods

We modeled the neonatal and child mortality as categorical dependent variable (alive vs death of the child) while 16 covariates are used as independent variables using χ² statistic and multiple logistic regression (MLR) based on maximum likelihood estimate.

Findings

Using the MLR, for neonatal mortality, diarrhea showed the highest positive coefficient (β = 1.130; P < 0.010) leading to most significant covariate for both 2011 and

SUBMITTER: Maniruzzaman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928324 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature