Incidence of neonatal mortality and its predictors among live births in Ethiopia: Gompertz gamma shared frailty model

Table 2 Neonatal mortality rates by respondents characteristics in Ethiopia, 2016

Characteristics	Category	Status		NMR per 1000 live births
Characteristics	Category	Event	Censured	NMR per 1000 live births
Residence	Rural	9527	280	28
Residence	Urban	1174	41	34
Region	Tigray	696	19	26.9
	Afar	111	3	26.2
	Amhara	2006	66	32.1
	Oromia	4711	139	28.8
	Somali	487	21	40.8
	Benishangul-Gumuz	118	4	28.7
	SNNPRs	2236	60	26.2
	Gambella	26	1	28.0
	Harari	25	1	31.3
	Addis Ababa	239	5	20.7
	Dire Dawa	45	1	29.8
Maternal age	15–24	2387	59	24.0
	25–34	5687	155	26.6
	≥35	2628	106	38.9
Wealth index	Poorest	2584	52	19.7
	Poorer	2446	73	29.1
	Middle	2209	70	30.8
	Richer	1921	77	38.9
	Richest	1540	47	30.0
Maternal education status	No	7058	225	30.9
	Primary	2880	71	24.0
	Secondary and above	763	25	31.4
Husband education status	No	4850	152	30.5
	Primary	3998	118	28.7
	Secondary and above	1854	50	26.4
Maternal occupation	Not working	7798	236	29.4
Maternal occupation	Working	2903	85	28.4
Child was wanted	No	2660	83	30.3
Child was wanted	Yes	8042	238	28.7
Sex of child	Male	5496	229	40.0
Sex of child	Female	5206	92	17.4
Type of birth	Single	10,450	280	26.1
Type of birth	Twin	251	41	141.0
Place of delivery	Home	7780	217	27.1
Place of delivery	Health facility	2921	104	34.3
Preceding birth interval (in months)	< 18	888	54	57.7
	18–36	4001	110	26.9
	≥ 37	5812	156	26.1
Birth size	Small	3362	122	35.1
	Average	4483	97	21.2
	Large	2856	101	34.2
Sex of household head	Female	1490	38	25.1
Sex of household head	Male	9211	282	29.7
ANC visit	No	6028	238	37.9
ANC visit	Yes	4673	83	17.5
Parity	1	1422	12	8.9
	2–4	4684	151	31.4
	≥5	4596	156	32.9
Media exposure	No	7192	183	24.8
Media exposure	Yes	3510	138	37.7

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