Table 2 Distribution of birthweight, maternal and sociodemographic characteristics by neonatal survival status in Uganda, 1995–2011
From: Survival of low birthweight neonates in Uganda: analysis of progress between 1995 and 2011
Variables | 1995 | 2000–2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survival, N = 1160 | Survival, N = 1100 | Survival, N = 1514 | Survival, N = (2199) | |||||||||
| Â | Died n (%) | Lived n (%) | P value | Died n (%) | Lived n (%) | P value | Died n (%) | Lived n (%) | P value | Died n (%) | Lived n (%) | P value |
Birthweight | ||||||||||||
 <  2500 g | 4 (3.3) | 118 (96.7) | < 0.01 | 5 (4.6) | 104 (95.4) | < 0.01 | 5 (2.8) | 175 (97.2) | < 0.05 | 7 (2.9) | 234 (97.1) | < 0.05 |
 ≥ 2500 g | 6 (0.6) | 1032 (99.4) | 10 (1.0) | 981 (99.0) | 11 (0.8) | 1323 (99.2) | 22 (1.1) | 1936 (98.9) | ||||
Maternal age | ||||||||||||
 < 20 | 1 (0.6) | 155 (99.4) | > 0.05 | 1 (0.9) | 111 (99.1) | > 0.05 | 2 (1.4) | 138 (98.6) | > 0.05 | 2 (1.3) | 154 (98.7) | > 0.05 |
 20–34 | 6 (0.7) | 855 (99.3) | 12 (1.4) | 825 (98.6) | 11 (1.0) | 1105 (99.0) | 15 (1.0) | 1496 (99.0) | ||||
 35–49 | 3 (2.1) | 140 (97.9) | 3 (2.0) | 148 (98.0) | 2 (0.8) | 254 (99.2) | 7 (1.6) | 427 (98.4) | ||||
Wealth index | n = 392b | n = 424b |  |  | ||||||||
 Poor | 1 (0.7) | 137 (99.3) | > 0.05 | 1 (0.5) | 187 (99.5) | > 0.05 | 4 (0.9) | 442 (99.1) | > 0.05 | 7 (1.1) | 652 (98.9) | > 0.05 |
 Middle / Rich | 4 (1.6) | 250 (98.4) | 3 (1.3) | 233 (98.7) | 11 (1.0) | 1056 (99.0) | 17 (1.1) | 1426 (98.9) | ||||
Maternal education | ||||||||||||
 No education | 2 (1.5) | 132 (98.5) | > 0.05 | 2 (1.6) | 124 (98.4) | > 0.05 | 3 (1.6) | 179 (98.4) | > 0.05 | 2 (1.2) | 171 (98.8) | > 0.05 |
 Primary | 6 (0.9) | 653 (99.1) | 8 (1.6) | 605 (98.4) | 7 (0.8) | 857 (99.2) | 12 (1.0) | 1149 (99.0) | ||||
 Secondary higher | 2 (0.5) | 365 (99.5) | 5 (1.4) | 356 (98.6) | 5 (1.1) | 462 (98.9) | 11 (1.4) | 757 (98.6) | ||||
Parity | ||||||||||||
 Primiparous | 3 (1.0) | 296 (99.0) | > 0.05 | 4 (1.4) | 278 (98.6) | > 0.05 | 6 (1.7) | 356 (98.3) | < 0.05 | 3 (0.7) | 424 (99.3) | > 0.05 |
 Para 2–3 | 3 (0.6) | 532 (99.4) | 5 (1.0) | 483 (99.0) | 7 (1.1) | 622 (98.9) | 11 (1.2) | 945 (98.8) | ||||
 Para 4+ | 4 (1.2) | 322 (98.8) | 6 (1.8) | 323 (98.2) | 2 (0.4) | 520 (99.6) | 10 (1.4) | 709 (98.6) | ||||
Marital status | ||||||||||||
 Single | 1 (0.5) | 199 (99.5) | > 0.05 | 2 (1.0) | 198 (99.0) | > 0.05 | 2 (0.7) | 277 (99.3) | > 0.05 | 3 (0.8) | 354 (99.2) | > 0.05 |
 Married | 9 (0.9) | 951 (99.1) | 14 (1.6) | 887 (98.4) | 13 (1.1) | 1221 (98.9) | 22 (1.3) | 1722 (98.7) | ||||
Residence | ||||||||||||
 Rural | 5 (1.0) | 517 (99.0) | > 0.05 | 11 (1.5) | 737 (98.5) | > 0.05 | 10 (0.9) | 1051 (99.1) | > 0.05 | 17 (1.1) | 1493 (98.9) | > 0.05 |
 Urban | 5 (0.8) | 633 (99.2) | 4 (1.1) | 348 (98.9) | 5 (1.1) | 447 (98.9) | 7 (1.2) | 584 (98.8) | ||||
Delivery mode | ||||||||||||
 Cesarean | 1 (1.4) | 71 (98.6) | > 0.05 | 4 (4.4) | 87 (95.6) | < 0.05 | 1(0.8) | 122 (98.2) | > 0.05 | 5(2.1) | 230 (97.9) | > 0.05 |
 Normal | 9 (0.8) | 1079 (99.2) |  | 12 (1.2) | 995 (98.8) |  | 14 (1.0) | 1372 (99.0) |  | 24 (1.2) | 1940 (98.8) |  |
Check-upa | ||||||||||||
 No | No data |  |  | 11 (1.5) | 742 (98.5) | > 0.05 | 6 (0.7) | 866 (99.3) | > 0.05 | 13 (1.5) | 843 (98.5) | > 0.05 |
 Yes |  |  |  | 4(1.2) | 332 (98.2) |  | 9 (1.4) | 613 (98.6) |  | 14 (1.1) | 1261 (98.9) |  |