Trial reportPloS one2021
Individual-, household- and community-level determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia.
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- Predictors of perinatal mortality in emerging regions of Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016.PloS one · 2025Article
- Spatial multilevel analysis of age at death of under-5 children and associated determinants: EDHS 2000-2016.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Determinants of infant mortality in Oromia region, Ethiopia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Geographical disparities and determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia: mapping and spatial analysis using EDHS data.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Understanding correlates of infant mortality in Ethiopia using 2019 Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey data.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Time to Death and Its Predictors Among Infants in Ethiopia: Multilevel Mixed-Effects Parametric Survival Analysis Using the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Article
- Community and individual level determinants of infant mortality in rural Ethiopia using data from 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Social Determinants of Childhood Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Complementary Narrative Synthesis of Cultural Factors.Sage open pediatricsReview
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Abstract
introductionPeople living in the same area share similar determinants of infant mortality, such as access to healthcare. The community's prevailing norms and attitudes about health behaviours could also influence the health care decisions made by individuals. In diversified communities like Ethiopia, differences in child health outcomes might not be due to variation in individual and family characteristics alone, but also due to differences in the socioeconomic characteristics of the community where the child lives. While individual level characteristics have been examined to some extent, almost all studies into infant mortality conducted in Ethiopia have failed to consider the impact of community-level characteristics. Therefore, this study aims to identify individual and community level determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia.
methodData from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey in 2016 were used for this study. A total of 10641 live births were included in this analysis. A multi-level logistic regression analysis was used to examine both individual and community level determinants while accounting for the hierarchal structure of the data.
resultsIndividual-level characteristics such as infant sex have a statistically significant association with infant mortality. The odds of infant death before one year was 50% higher for males than females (AOR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.25-2.20; p-value <0.001). At the community level, infants from pastoralist areas (Somali and Afar regions) were 1.4 more likely die compared with infants living in the Agrarian area such as Amhara, Tigray, and Oromia regions; AOR = 1.44; 95% CI; 1.02-2.06; p-value = 0.039).
conclusionIndividual, household and community level characteristics have a statistically significant association with infant mortality. In addition to the individual based interventions already in place, household and community-based interventions such as focusing on socially and economically disadvantaged regions in Ethiopia could help to reduce infant mortality.
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