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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of females in Kilite-Awlaelo health and demographic surveillance system, northern Ethiopia, 2010 -2012

From: Causes of death among females–investigating beyond maternal causes: a community-based longitudinal study

  

Total (105793.9 person-years)

No. of deaths (Total = 398)

Overall crude death rate = 3.76 per 1000 person-years

Variable

Category

Person-years (%)

n

Rate/1000 person-years (95% CI)

Residence

Rural

89612.4 (84.7)

364

4.06 (3.67, 4.50)

 

Urban

16181.4 (15.3)

34

2.10 (1.50, 2.94)

Age category

<1 year

464.6 (0.4)

47

101.16 (76.00, 134.64)

 

1-4 years

4276.8 (4.0)

19

4.44 (2.83, 6.97)

 

5-14 years

29707.1 (28.1)

24

0.81 (0.54, 1.21)

 

15-49 years

56137.4 (53.1)

73

1.30 (1.03, 1.64)

 

50-64 years

9758.3 (9.2)

61

6.25 (4.86, 8.03)

 

65-84 years

5075.2 (4.8)

134

26.40 (22.30, 31.27)

 

85+ years

374.4 (0.4)

40

106.84 (78.36, 145.64)

Median (IQR)

19 (IQR = 10,33)

   

Education

illiterate

40015.4 (37.8)

284

7.10 (6.32, 7.97)

 

primary education

33769.4 (31.9)

26

0.77 (0.52, 1.13)

 

secondary education and above

10317.5 (9.8)

10

0.97 (0.52, 1.80)

 

Unknown/missing

7687.2 (7.3)

0

0.00

 

Illegible (age < 7 years)

14004.4 (13.2)

78

5.57 (4.46,6.95)

Marital statutes

Married

28458.3 (26.9)

82

2.88 (2.32,3.58)

 

Single

34551.3 (32.7)

53

1.53 (1.17, 2.01)

 

Dissolved

11989.1 (11.3)

176

14.68 (12.66, 17.02)

 

Unknown

8520.8 (8.1)

5

0.59 (0.24, 0.14)

 

Illegible (age < 10 years)

22274.9 (21.1)

82

3.68 (2.97, 4.57)

  

No. (%)

  

Place of death

Home

334 (83.9)

  
 

Health institution

42 (10.6)

  
 

Other

22 (5.5)

  
 

Total

398

  
  1. CI-confidence interval.