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Table 1 Sociodemographic determinants of stillbirth

From: Ten years analysis of stillbirth in a tertiary hospital in sub-Sahara Africa: a case control study

Variables

Category

Cases

Controls

OR (CI 95%)

p value

N (%)

N (%)

Maternal age

<35 years

175 (69.7)

396 (80.5)

1

 

≥35 years

76 (30.3)

96 (19.5)

1.79 (1.26–2.54)

0.001

Marital status

Single

96 (38.2)

144 (29.3)

1

 

Married

155 (61.8)

348 (70.7)

1.49 (1.09–2.06)

0.016

Level of education

Primary

123 (49)

193 (39.2)

  

Secondary

26 (10.4)

59 (12)

1

 

University

102 (40.6)

240 (48.8)

0.96 (0.57–1.61)

0.9

Referral status

From home

194 (77.3)

482 (98.0)

1

 

From another hospital

57 (22.7)

10 (2.0)

14.16 (7.08–28.3)

<0.0001

Profession

Medical personnel

7 (2.8)

18 (3.7)

1

 

Secretary

82 (32.7)

127 (25.8)

1.66 (0.66–4.15)

0.28

Accountant

31 (12.4)

56 (11.4)

1.42 (0.54–3.78)

0.48

Teacher/lecturer

19 (7.6)

34 (6.9)

1.44 (0.51–4.06)

0.49

Housewife

61 (24.3)

93 (18.9)

1.69 (0.66–4.28)

0.27

Technician

22 (8.8)

49 (10.0)

1.15 (0.42–3.16)

0.78

Student

29 (11.6)

115 (23.4)

0.65 (0.25–1.70)

0.38