Survived Early neonatal period n (%) Early neonatal mortality Total Early neonatal mortality rate/1000 live births OR* (95% CI) OR(95% CI)
Sociodemographic:
25-29 3616 (32.0) 109 (21.7) 3725 29.2 0.65 (0.41-1.02)
30-34 2922 (25.9) 140 (27.8) 3062 45.6 1.03 (0.68-1.56)
35-49 2180 (19.3) 133 (26.6) 2313 57.6 1.32 (0.95-1.82)
Education level:
No education 6439 (57.0) 331 (66.0) 6770 48.9 2.66 (1.42-4.99)
Primary 1915 (16.9) 82 (16.4) 1997 41.2 2.23 (1.10-4.52)
Secondary 2012 (17.8) 70 (14.0) 2083 33.7 1.81 (0.90-3.64)
Higher 934 (8.3) 18 (3.6) 952 18.9 Reference
Ethnicity:
Urdu 908 (8.0) 36 (7.2) 944 37.7 Reference
Punjabi 4143 (36.7) 158 (31.9) 4301 36.8 0.98 (0.58-1.63)
Sindhi 1096 (9.7) 63 (12.6) 1159 54.2 1.46 (0.84-2.55)
Pushto 1517 (13.4) 42 (8.4) 1559 26.7 0.7 (0.4-1.23)
Baluchi 536 (4.7) 49 (9.8) 585 83.5 2.33 (1.32-4.09)
Barauhi 331 (2.9) 19 (3.7) 349 53.0 1.43 (0.87-2.36)
Siraiki 1879 (16.6) 89 (18.0) 1968 45.3 1.21 (0.68-2.17)
Others 886 (7.8) 42 (8.4) 928 44.8 1.2 (0.69-2.09)
Place of residence:
Urban 3316 (29.3) 101(20.2) 3417 29.6 Reference
Rural 7984 (70.7) 400 (79.8) 8384 47.7 1.72 (1.28-2.31)
Respondent's occupation:
No work 8391 (74.5) 332 (66.2) 8723 38.1 Reference
Manual work 2878 (25.5) 169 (33.8) 3047 55.6 1.49 (1.13-1.96)
Health care access:
Getting medical help for self: getting money needed for treatment:
Big problem 3759 (33.3) 205 (41.0) 3964 51.8 1.39 (1.05-1.83) 1.67 (1.06-2.63)
Not a big problem 7521 (66.7) 296 (59.0) 7817 37.9 Reference Reference
Getting medical help for self: not wanting to go alone:
Big problem 6677 (59.2) 335 (66.8) 7011 47.8 1.39 (1.04-1.84)
Not a big problem 4604 (40.8) 167 (33.2) 4770 34.9 Reference
Child and maternal nutrition:
Birth weight:‡
>2500g 1060 (9.5) 15 (3.0) 1075 14.0 Reference Reference
<2500g 340 (3.0) 9 (1.9) 350 26.6 1.9 (0.68-6.74) 2.44 (0.25-23.68)
Not weighed 8301 (74.0) 419 (84.7) 8719 48.0 3.6 (1.77-7.14) 4.39 (1.00-19.33)
Don't remember 1510 (13.5) 51 (10.4) 1561 32.9 2.4 (1.09-5.31) 2.17 (0.42-11.35)
Body mass index of mother:
≤ 18.5 569 (14.2) 46 (24.5) 615 74.7 1.68 (1.05-2.69) 1.61 (1.00-2.58)
18.5-24.9 (ref) 2155 (53.7) 104 (55.2) 2259 45.8 Reference Reference
25.0–29.9 829 (20.7) 27 (14.5) 856 31.8 0.68 (0.32-1.48) 0.74 (0.35-1.57)
≥30.0 458 (11.4) 11 (5.8) 469 23.2 0.50 (0.22-1.12) 0.65 (0.28-1.52)
Maternal factors and family planning:
Wanted last child:
Wanted no more 1063 (9.4) 50 (10.1) 1113 44.9 Reference Reference
Wanted then 8830 (78.4) 417 (84.1) 9246 45.1 1.00 (0.64-1.57) 0.78 (0.37-1.66)
Wanted later 1376 (12.2) 29 (5.9) 1405 20.7 0.45 (0.23-0.89) 0.17 (0.05-0.59)
Total pregnancy outcomes:
1-2 3073 (27.2) 101 (20.2) 3174 31.9 Reference
3-4 3683 (32.6) 158 (31.5) 3841 41.1 1.30 (0.85-1.98)
>5 4544 (40.2) 242 (48.3) 4786 50.6 1.62 (1.14-2.29)
Current use by method type:
Modern method 3126 (27.7) 98 (19.6) 3225 30.4 Reference
No method 6978 (61.8) 371 (74.1) 7350 50.5 1.70 (1.22-2.36)
Traditional method 1195 (10.6) 32 (6.4) 1227 26.0 0.86 (0.46-1.63)