Table 2

Adjusted mortality rate ratios for BRHP DSS (6,345 deaths among 413,965 person-years aged under 20) and Ethiopia DHS data (10,517 deaths among 544,598 person-years aged under 20).



BRHP DSS
Ethiopia DHS



factor
level
adjusted rate ratio
95% CI
adjusted rate ratio
95% CI

age group
< 1 year
1.0
(ref)
1.0
(ref)

1 to 4 years
0.271
0.255 to 0.287
0.190
0.182 to 0.199

5 to 19 years
0.067
0.062 to 0.071
0.062
0.059 to 0.065
sex
female
1.0
(ref)
1.0
(ref)

male
1.090
1.037 to 1.146
1.138
1.095 to 1.184
residence
rural
1.0
(ref)
1.0
(ref)

urban
0.395
0.362 to 0.432
0.665
0.614 to 0.720
year
1987
1.0
(ref)
1.0
(ref)

1988
2.133
1.809 to 2.516
0.897
0.797 to 1.009

1989
1.780
1.500 to 2.112
1.019
0.909 to 1.042

1990
1.439
1.211 to 1.711
0.951
0.850 to 1.064

1991
2.043
1.735 to 2.405
0.882
0.789 to 0.986

1992
1.032
0.857 to 1.243
0.929
0.833 to 1.036

1993
1.447
1.216 to 1.721
0.845
0.758 to 0.944

1994
1.506
1.270 to 1.786
0.847
0.760 to 0.944

1995
1.002
0.831 to 1.208
0.716
0.641 to 0.801

1996
1.017
0.846 to 1.223
0.642
0.573 to 0.718

1997
1.242
1.044 to 1.477
0.620
0.555 to 0.693

1998
1.815
1.544 to 2.134
0.620
0.555 to 0.692

1999
2.920
2.504 to 3.406
0.603
0.540 to 0.674

2000
0.963
0.803 to 1.156
0.581
0.511 to 0.661

2001
0.685
0.564 to 0.832
0.479
0.415 to 0.553

2002
0.776
0.643 to 0.936
0.428
0.369 to 0.496

2003
0.886
0.736 to 1.067
0.407
0.350 to 0.473

2004
0.691
0.567 to 0.841
0.418
0.360 to 0.484
region
Tigray
-
-
1.0
(ref)

Affar
-
-
1.287
1.168 to 1.419

Amhara
-
-
1.119
1.032 to 1.213

Oromiya
-
-
1.100
1.017 to 1.189

Somali
-
-
0.817
0.735 to 0.909

Ben-Gumuz
-
-
1.274
1.160 to 1.400

SNNP
-
-
1.195
1.104 to 1.294

Gambela
-
-
1.357
1.224 to 1.505

Harari
-
-
1.170
1.045 to 1.310

Addis Ababa
-
-
0.669
0.574 to 0.779

Dire Dawa
-
-
1.286
1.148 to 1.441

Byass et al. Population Health Metrics 2007 5:12   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-5-12