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Table 5 Log rank test result of variables for neonates born in randomly selected hospitals of Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, April –July, 2014 (n = 1152)

From: Survival of neonates and predictors of their mortality in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: prospective cohort study

Variable

Log rank (X2)

P-value

Variable

Log rank (X2)

P-value

Hospital

6.05

0.418

Tetanus injection

2.17

0.1407

Age at current birth

3.53

0.3163

Rh immunization

0.28

0.5983

Religion

0.28

0.5943

Mortality older sibling

17.26

0.000

Residence

13.09

0.0003

Sex

0.53

0.4661

Educational status

7.1

0.0687

Exclusive breast feed

275.62

0.000

Occupation

5.8

0.2149

Time of breast feed

2.7

0.1004

Income

2.87

0.2387

Place of death

41.2

0.000

Marital status

0.76

0.383

Antenatal utilization

3.06

0.0802

Number of children

12.51

0.0019

Distance

32.11

0.000

Birth type

29.11

0.000

Mode of delivery

5.44

0.0658

Gravidity

6.8

0.0787

Place of birth

67.75

0.000

Birth interval

3.79

0.1502

Delivery Assistant

9.38

0.0246

Family planning

3.49

0.0619

Birth weight

135.93

0.000

Parity

6.38

0.0947

Gestational Age

98.68

0.000

History of abortion

9.66

0.0019

Length of the neonate

33.67

0.000

History of still birth

17.11

0.000

1-min Apgar score

475.4

0.000

Diagnosed disease

0.73

0.3922

5-min Apgar score

890.8

0.000

Maternal complication

42.29

0.000

Birth defect

30.38

0.000

Temperature control

165.67

0.000

Neonatal complication

316.14

0.000

Weight for GA

19.49

0.000

Hypothermia

176.58

0.000

  1. Variables with P-value <0.05 were prospective candidates for the final model