How fast did newborns die in Nigeria from 2009-2013: a time-to-death analysis using Verbal /Social Autopsy data.
Journal
Journal of global health
ISSN: 2047-2986
Titre abrégé: J Glob Health
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 101578780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
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2019
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Résumé
The slow decline in neonatal mortality as compared to post-neonatal mortality in Nigeria calls for attention and efforts to reverse this trend. This paper examines how socioeconomic, cultural, behavioral, and contextual factors interact to influence survival time among deceased newborns in Nigeria. Using the neonatal deaths data from the 2014 Nigeria Verbal/ Social Autopsy survey, we examined the temporal distribution of overall and cause-specific mortality of a sample of 723 neonatal deaths. We fitted an extended Cox regression model that also allowed a time-dependent set of risk factors on time-to-neonatal death from all causes, and then separately, from birth injury/birth asphyxia (BIBA) and neonatal infections, while adjusting for possible confounding variables. Approximately 26% of all neonatal deaths occurred during the first day, 52.8% during the first three days, and 73.9% during the first week of life. Almost all deaths (94.4%) due to BIBA and about 64% from neonatal infections occurred in the first week of life. The expected all-cause mortality hazard was 6.23 times higher on any particular illness day for the deceased newborns who had a severe illness at onset compared to those who did not. While the all-cause mortality hazard ratio of poor vs wealthier households was 0.77 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.648-0.922), the BIBA mortality hazard ratio of households with no electricity was 1.79 times higher compared to households with electricity (95% CI = 1.180-2.715). The findings suggest the need for continued improvement of the coverage and quality of maternal and neonatal health interventions at birth and in the immediate postnatal period. They may also require confirmation in real-world cohorts with detailed, time-varying information on neonatal mortality.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The slow decline in neonatal mortality as compared to post-neonatal mortality in Nigeria calls for attention and efforts to reverse this trend. This paper examines how socioeconomic, cultural, behavioral, and contextual factors interact to influence survival time among deceased newborns in Nigeria.
METHODS
METHODS
Using the neonatal deaths data from the 2014 Nigeria Verbal/ Social Autopsy survey, we examined the temporal distribution of overall and cause-specific mortality of a sample of 723 neonatal deaths. We fitted an extended Cox regression model that also allowed a time-dependent set of risk factors on time-to-neonatal death from all causes, and then separately, from birth injury/birth asphyxia (BIBA) and neonatal infections, while adjusting for possible confounding variables.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Approximately 26% of all neonatal deaths occurred during the first day, 52.8% during the first three days, and 73.9% during the first week of life. Almost all deaths (94.4%) due to BIBA and about 64% from neonatal infections occurred in the first week of life. The expected all-cause mortality hazard was 6.23 times higher on any particular illness day for the deceased newborns who had a severe illness at onset compared to those who did not. While the all-cause mortality hazard ratio of poor vs wealthier households was 0.77 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.648-0.922), the BIBA mortality hazard ratio of households with no electricity was 1.79 times higher compared to households with electricity (95% CI = 1.180-2.715).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggest the need for continued improvement of the coverage and quality of maternal and neonatal health interventions at birth and in the immediate postnatal period. They may also require confirmation in real-world cohorts with detailed, time-varying information on neonatal mortality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31360450
doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020501
pii: jogh-09-020501
pmc: PMC6657661
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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020501Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: All authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the AKK). We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.
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