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Table 1 The distribution of births and deaths by survival determinants

From: Application of random survival forests in understanding the determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda in the presence of covariates that satisfy the proportional and non-proportional hazards assumption

Characteristics

Dead N (%)

Alive N (%)

Total

Mother’s education level

 Illiterate Mothers

344 (7.7)

4149 (92.3)

4493

 Mother completed primary

119 (6.4)

1749 (93.6)

1868

 Secondary and higher

14 (4.2)

317 (95.8)

331

Partner’s level of education

 Illiterate Father

266 (7.7)

3180 (92.3)

3446

 Father completed primary

170 (6.9)

2287 (93.1)

2457

 Secondary and higher

41 (5.2)

748 (94.8)

789

Birth status

 Singleton births

431 (6.7)

6048 (93.3)

6479

 Multiple births (twins)

46 (21.5)

167 (78.5)

213

Sex of the child

 Males

258 (7.8)

3067 (92.2)

3325

 Females

212 (6.3)

3155 (93.7)

3367

Type of place of residence

 Urban

81 (5.8)

1308 (94.2)

1389

 Rural

396 (7.5)

4907 (92.5)

5303

Wealth index

 Poorest

131 (7.5)

1623 (92.5)

1754

 Poorer

112 (8.5)

1205 (91.5)

1317

 Middle

86 (7.2)

1109 (92.8)

1195

 Richer

72 (6.9)

969 (93.1)

1041

 Richest

76 (5.5)

1309 (94.5)

1385

Children ever born

 One child

20 (3.3)

581 (96.7)

601

 Two children

81 (7.1)

1065 (92.9)

1146

 Three children

67 (6.6)

953 (93.4)

1020

 Four and more

309 (7.9)

3616 (92.1)

3925

Birth order number

 First child

95 (7.6)

1154 (92.4)

1249

 Second to third child

117 (5.6)

1974 (94.4)

2091

 4th–6th child

149 (7.1)

1949 (92.9)

2098

 6th+ child

116 (9.2)

1138 (90.8)

1254

Religion

 Catholics

217 (7.4)

2722 (92.6)

2939

 Muslims

69 (7.5)

852 (92.5)

921

 Other Christians

187 (6.8)

2571 (93.2)

2758

 Others

4 (5.4)

70 (94.6)

74

Type of toilet facility

 Flush toilet

5 (4.1)

116 (95.9)

121

 Pitlatrine

376 (6.9)

5031 (93.1)

5407

 No-facility

96 (8.2)

1068 (91.8)

1164

Mother’s occupation

 Not-working

93 (6.9)

1260 (93.1)

1353

 Sales and services

110 (6.5)

1589 (93.5)

1699

 Agriculture

274 (7.5)

3366 (92.5)

3640

Births in past 5 years

 1-Birth

93 (4.5)

1982 (95.5)

2075

 2-Birth

227 (6.5)

3288 (93.5)

3515

 3-Births

140 (13.6)

887 (86.4)

1027

 4-Births

17 (22.7)

58 (77.3)

75

Births in past 1 year

 No-births

309 (6.8)

4212 (93.2)

4521

 1-Birth

163 (7.6)

1971 (92.4)

2134

 2-Births

5 (13.5)

32 (86.5)

37

Children under 5 in household

 No-child

101 (34.9)

188 (65.1)

289

 1-Child

178 (10.5)

1511 (89.5)

1689

 2-Children

146 (4.9)

2831 (95.1)

2977

 3-Children

35 (2.5)

1349 (97.5)

1384

 4-Children

17 (4.8)

336 (95.2)

353

Mother’s age group

 Less than 20 years

29 (8.9)

296 (91.1)

325

 20–29 years

235 (6.5)

3376 (93.5)

3611

 30–39 years

164 (7.4)

2054 (92.6)

2218

 40 years+

49 (7.9)

489 (90.1)

538

Birth order number

 First child

95 (7.6)

1154 (92.4)

1249

 Second to third child

117 (5.6)

1974 (94.4)

2091

 4th–6th child

149 (7.1)

1949 (92.9)

2098

 6th+ child

116 (9.3)

1138 (90.7)

1254

Sex of household head

 Male

341 (6.7)

4771 (93.3)

5112

 Female

136 (8.6)

1444 (91.4)

1580

Source of drinking water

 Piped water

76 (5.9)

1204 (94.1)

1280

 Borehole

216 (7.3)

2731 (92.7)

2947

 Well

93 (6.9)

1261 (93.1)

1354

 Surface/rain/pond/lake/tank

70 (8.5)

756 (91.5)

826

 Other

22 (7.7)

263 (92.3)

285

Age at first birth

 Less than 20 years

347 (7.5)

4291 (92.5)

4638

 20–29 years

127 (6.3)

1899 (93.7)

2026

 30–39 years

3 (12.0)

22 (88.0)

25