Fine and Gray competing risk regression model to study the cause-specific under-five child mortality in Bangladesh

Table 1 Weighted under-five survival and death rates (per 100) due to different causes^a under selected covariates

Covariates	Sample Size	Survival	Cause of death
Covariates	Sample Size	Survival	Disease	Non-disease	Other
Overall	8746	95.5	47.8	26.8	25.4
Age of mother at birth
Age < 20 Age 20–30 Age> 30	3035 4600 1111	94.3 96.4 95.5	42.8 52.7 56.8	28.6 25.0 22.7	28.6 22.3 20.4
Region
Barisal Chittagong Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi Rangpur Sylhet	977 1749 1444 981 1081 1107 1407	94.5 96.5 95.4 96.4 94.4 96.3 93.8	44.4 42.9 48.9 58.3 44.6 45.9 52.5	33.3 34.2 24.4 25.0 25.0 29.7 21.3	22.2 22.9 26.7 16.7 30.3 24.3 26.2
Mother's education level
No education Primary Secondary Higher	1686 2681 3687 692	94.6 95.2 95.9 97.1	51.8 45.8 44.0 66.0	11.1 27.1 37.0 27.6	37.1 27.1 19.0 6.4
Wealth index
Poor Middle Rich	3644 1661 3441	94.8 95.8 96.3	50.0 60.0 41.0	23.0 20.0 35.1	27.0 20.0 23.9
Place of residence
Urban Rural	2669 6077	95.7 95.5	40.0 51.1	33.0 24.4	27.0 24.5
Gender of child
Male Female	4499 4247	95.0 96.1	46.0 50.2	28.0 25.0	26.0 24.8
Birth order number
First birth Others	3118 5628	94.9 95.9	45.1 51.2	29.4 24.4	25.5 24.4
Place of delivery
Hospital Others	2382 6364	95.0 95.7	42.0 51.1	36.0 23.2	22.0 25.7
NGO membership of mother
Yes No	3033 5713	94.5 96.1	43.6 51.3	31.0 23.1	25.4 25.6
Exposure to media
Yes No	5585 3161	95.8 95.1	45.2 51.0	33.3 18.4	21.5 30.6
Size of child at birth
Average/large Small	7203 1543	95.8 94.0	47.6 48.3	26.2 28.3	26.2 23.4

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