Incidence and risk factors of neonatal infections in a rural Bangladeshi population: a community-based prospective study

Table 1 Association of socio-demographic and household factors with neonatal infections

Characteristics	Neonatal infections in first 2 weeks (n = 30,267)
	Number	Infections	Percent	RR	95% CI
Household wealth quintile
Lowest quintile (poorest)	6089	755	12.4	1.16	1.04–1.29
Second lowest quintile	6020	749	12.4	1.16	1.05–1.29
Middle quintile	6052	731	12.1	1.12	1.02–1.24
Second highest quintile	6053	744	12.3	1.14	1.03–1.26
Highest quintile (richest)	6053	613	10.1	1.00
Religion
Islam	28,934	3445	11.9	1.00
Others	1333	147	1105	0.98	0.84–1.15
Mother’s age
< 25 years	9994	1291	12.9	1.00
25–29 years	10,220	1098	10.71.0	0.85	0.79–0.92
30–34 years	6180	746	12.1	0.97	0.90–1.06
35 years and above	3873	457	11.8	0.96	0.87–1.06
Mother’s education
Below primary level	15,266	1911	12.5	1.00
Primary and above	15,001	1681	11.2	0.93	0.87–0.99
Father’s education
Below primary level	17,607	2147	12.2	1.00
Primary and above	12,660	1445	11.4	0.98	0.92–1.04
History of child death
Yes	7499	938	12.5	1.07	0.99–1.15
No	22,768	2654	1179	1.00
Sleeping room per person
0.5 or less	24,854	3014	12.1	1.15	1.06–1.25
Higher than 0.5	5413	578	10.7	1.00

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