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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Estimated under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births in India and its six state-regions by selected child characteristics

From: The effects of community clustering on under-five mortality in India: a parametric shared frailty modelling approach

 

North

Central

East

Northeast

West

South

Rate

95% CI

Rate

95% CI

Rate

95% CI

Rate

95% CI

Rate

95% CI

Rate

95% CI

Child characteristics

Sex

Male

44.0

39.9

48.2

73.5

69.3

77.7

55.2

51.4

59.1

54.7

47.7

61.8

37.6

31.5

43.6

40.2

34.5

45.9

Female

46.4

42.0

50.9

75.3

70.6

79.9

46.1

42.3

49.9

45.6

38.5

52.7

30.4

22.8

38.1

26.5

22.1

30.9

Type of birth

Singleton birth

43.0

40.3

45.8

69.9

67.2

72.6

48.1

46.2

50.0

47.1

42.5

51.6

32.5

26.9

38.2

32.3

28.4

36.1

Multiple birth

179.1

141.4

216.8

318.9

287.4

350.5

207.8

168.8

246.9

251.0

179.9

322.1

132.7

89.9

175.5

119.2

78.9

159.5

Birth order

1

40.4

35.0

45.8

72.0

67.0

77.1

50.5

45.9

55.1

52.8

46.4

59.2

39.7

31.2

48.1

35.6

28.9

42.3

2

41.0

35.7

46.3

60.1

55.5

64.7

41.6

36.5

46.6

39.1

33.9

44.3

23.8

16.6

30.9

28.2

22.1

34.4

3 to 4

50.9

44.5

57.2

74.7

69.7

79.6

52.7

47.5

57.9

48.1

39.1

57.1

36.0

22.7

49.2

40.5

28.6

52.4

5 and above

72.0

58.3

85.8

110.5

101.4

119.6

75.5

60.6

90.4

79.3

59.0

99.6

56.8

29.4

84.2

71.4

30.5

112.2

Birthsize

Less than average

96.1

84.9

107.3

123.5

116.1

130.9

100.0

88.7

111.3

88.3

76.8

99.8

84.1

59.0

109.2

100.3

83.0

117.5

Average

36.5

33.6

39.5

62.9

59.1

66.7

42.7

39.6

45.8

38.3

33.3

43.2

24.1

18.7

29.5

24.8

19.9

29.7

Above average

47.6

36.5

58.7

78.6

70.5

86.7

41.1

36.3

45.8

45.1

36.3

53.9

34.3

27.3

41.2

30.5

22.5

38.5

Previous birth interval

First-order birth

41.8

36.4

47.1

73.8

68.1

79.5

51.7

47.5

55.9

54.3

47.7

60.9

40.9

31.6

50.2

36.6

30.1

43.1

Less than 12 months

158.5

121.3

195.8

205.5

175.9

235.0

154.4

117.6

191.2

124.8

50.6

199.0

137.6

41.3

233.8

128.0

71.4

184.6

12 to 23 months

63.2

55.4

71.1

100.0

92.6

107.5

69.9

59.6

80.2

78.4

60.6

96.3

37.3

26.0

48.5

30.3

21.9

38.6

24 to 35 months

44.0

36.9

51.2

67.4

60.9

74.0

41.3

36.6

46.0

38.0

30.0

45.9

21.2

9.6

32.8

29.1

21.6

36.5

36 to 47 months

35.6

24.2

47.1

45.5

39.2

51.9

44.2

34.3

54.2

38.9

29.2

48.6

21.1

11.6

30.7

20.6

13.1

28.0

48 to 59 months

23.8

15.5

32.2

52.2

43.8

60.7

32.6

25.1

40.1

35.7

24.3

47.1

26.1

3.5

48.7

29.4

10.4

48.4

60 to 85 months

29.4

22.2

36.6

60.2

49.6

70.9

32.3

22.9

41.8

34.2

23.0

45.4

23.3

11.2

35.3

26.5

9.3

43.7

86 months and above

53.3

32.0

74.5

87.7

69.2

106.3

60.5

40.5

80.6

67.5

30.0

104.9

48.0

21.7

74.3

63.5

29.8

97.2

Mode of delivery

Non-Caesarean

47.0

44.1

49.9

75.4

72.4

78.4

53.4

50.5

56.3

53.5

48.8

58.2

37.1

31.5

42.6

36.9

31.8

42.0

Caesarean

33.3

26.3

40.3

62.1

55.2

68.9

31.2

24.4

37.9

28.0

19.4

36.7

20.4

13.6

27.2

27.8

22.0

33.6

Assistance during delivery

Skilled personnel

41.4

38.2

44.6

67.4

64.7

70.2

43.6

40.7

46.5

44.3

39.0

49.6

30.9

26.2

35.6

31.7

27.8

35.6

Unskilled personnel

64.9

55.3

74.6

90.9

84.0

97.7

71.2

64.2

78.1

64.8

57.8

71.8

58.0

39.9

76.0

74.4

53.4

95.5

History of sibling's death

No

39.0

35.8

42.2

61.5

58.1

65.0

43.8

40.6

46.9

42.4

37.7

47.1

30.0

25.2

34.8

29.2

25.4

32.9

Yes

101.8

91.1

112.6

133.5

122.6

144.3

103.7

94.1

113.2

121.7

105.2

138.1

94.5

72.4

116.6

116.1

86.7

145.6

  1. Skilled personnel includes doctors, nurses, auxiliary nurse midwives, midwives, and lady health visitors