Table 1.
Description of variables and measurement for the study, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2012-December 2013.
Figure 1.
Flow-diagram of the overall study process, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, Sept 2012-Dec 2013.
This figure shows that a total of 3696 pregnant women were obtained during enumeration. After excluding 14 women because of different reasons, 3682 women were interviewed at a baseline. Again after excluding 70 incomplete and inconsistent questionnaires, 3612 were included in the analysis and enrolled in the follow up. After the follow up, total of 3472 deliveries happened; among which 38 were twins and 47 were stillbirths. From the total of 3463 live births, 110 died before 28 days.
Table 2.
Socio-Demographic characteristics of Respondents, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2012-December 2013 (n = 3463).
Table 3.
The status of neonatal mortality in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2012-December 2013 (n = 3463).
Table 4.
Multilevel analysis of factors associated with neonatal mortality, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, Sept 2012-Dec 2013.
Figure 2.
Causes of neonatal death, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, Sept 2012–Dec 2013.
This figure shows that birth asphyxia (47.5%), neonatal infections (34.3%) and prematurity (11.1%) were the three leading cause of neonatal death accounting for nearly 93%.