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Table 2 Place of delivery by background characteristics

From: Survival of neonates in rural Southern Tanzania: does place of delivery or continuum of care matter?

   

Year

  

Background characteristics

2005

2006

2007

 

Health facility

Community

Health facility

Community

Health facility

Community

Maternal and Newborn

      

Maternal age (mean, (95% CI)

26.5 (26.2-26.8)

27.5 (27.1-27.9)

26.6 (26.3-26.9)

27.7 (27.3-28.1)

26.6(26.2-26.9)

27.7 (27.3-28.1)

Birth order (mean, 95% CI)

3.5(3.3-3.6)

3.8 (3.7-3.9)

3.3 (3.2-3.4)

3.8 (3.7-3.9)

3.3 (3.2-3.5)

3.9 (3.7-4.0)

Education (mean years, 95% CI)

5.4 (5.2-5.5)

4.9 (4.7-5.1)

5.4 (5.2-5.5)

5.1 (4.9-5.3)

5.4 (5.2-5.5)

4.9 (4.7-5.1)

Male child

52.3%

47.5%

51.9%

49.7%

52.2%

51.6%

Household socio-economic

      

status

      

Poorest

17%

21%

14%

18%

14%

19%

Q2

19%

23%

18%

19%

19%

19%

Q3

18%

16%

26%

29%

23%

24%

Q4

22%

21%

21%

21%

20%

19%

Least poor

24%

18%

20%

13%

24%

19%

Total number of live births

(singleton)

1672

1180

1697

1154

1777

1113