Table 3

Association between neonatal mortality (death at ≤28 days) and level of sanitation coverage in the community for women with and without household level sanitation

Household sanitation accessCommunity-level sanitation accessUnadjusted incidence rate ratio (95% CI)P valueAdjusted incidence rate ratio (95% CI)P value
n=832 663n=823 179
Yes1%–30%ReferenceN/AReferenceN/A
Yes31%–60%1.00 (0.91 to 1.10)0.990.99 (0.90 to 1.09)0.84
Yes61%–99%0.92 (0.85 to 1.01)0.090.92 (0.84 to 1.01)0.07
Yes100%0.84 (0.77 to 0.92)<0.0010.85 (0.77 to 0.93)<0.001
n=434 965n=431 683
No0%0.99 (0.93 to 1.04)0.610.99 (0.94 to 1.05)0.79
No1%–30%ReferenceN/AReferenceN/A
No31%–60%0.93 (0.87 to 0.99)0.030.93 (0.87 to 1.00)0.05
No61%–99%0.95 (0.88 to 1.02)0.180.96 (0.89 to 1.04)0.34
  • Poisson regression.

  • Unadjusted models included the dataset.

  • Adjusted models included mother’s age, mother’s age squared, parity, wealth quintile, mother’s education, antenatal care quality score, urban or rural, mother’s stunting, child’s gender, facility delivery or not and dataset.

  • N/A, not applicable.