Low birth weight as a risk factor for infant mortality in Egypt.
We examined the risk of infant mortality among low-birth-weight children (< 2500 g) controlling for other risk factors of infant mortality. We used survival regression analysis on 11,361 childbirths in the 5 years preceding the 2000 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey. Higher birth order; shorter birth interval; lack of prenatal care, safe sources of drinking-water and hygienic toilet facilities; living in urban residence and Upper Egypt rural region were associated with a higher isk of infant mortality. The multivariate model indicated that low-birth-weight children were about 3 times more likely to die in infancy than other children (hazard ratio = 2.89, 95% CI: 2.33-3.58) independent of other risk factors.
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Department of Global Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. rhong@gwu.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001721:Birth Intervals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001722:Birth Order; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011295:Prenatal Care; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012499:Sanitation; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014881:Water Supply