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Table 3 Risk factors between social-demographic, environmental and caring factors with childhood drowning deaths, BHIS, 2005

From: Socio-demographic, environmental and caring risk factors for childhood drowning deaths in Bangladesh

Factors

Cases

Control

Odd ratio

95 % CI

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Children’s age (Years)

      

 0–4

105

74.6

145

42.7

2.89*

1.89–3.11

 5–9

25

17.7

102

30.1

1.66*

1.44–1.98

 10–17 (RC)

11

7.7

92

27.2

1.00

……….

Gender

      

 Male

80

56.7

178

52.5

1.45*

1.34–1.78

 Female (RC)

61

43.3

161

47.5

1.00

………

Place of residence

      

 Urban

39

27.6

198

58.4

0.67*

0.34–1.87

 Rural (RC)

102

72.4

141

41.6

1.00

……..

Mothers Education

      

 Illiterate

70

49.6

135

39.8

1.69*

1.01–2.81

 Primary

43

30.5

113

33.3

1.24

0.71–2.14

 Secondary + (RC)

28

19.8

91

26.8

1.00

……….

Fathers education

      

 Illiterate

64

45.4

139

41.0

1.10

0.68–1.77

 Primary

30

21.3

88

26.0

0.81

0.46–1.46

 Secondary + (RC)

47

33.4

112

33.0

1.00

……..

Mothers occupation

      

 Home maker

135

95.7

326

96.2

1.00

………

 Other than housewife

6

4.3

13

3.8

1.11

0.37–3.23

Fathers occupation

      

 Cultivator (RC)

98

69.5

221

65.2

1.00

………

 Other occupation

43

30.5

118

34.8

0.82

0.53–1.28

Mothers age

      

 25–29 years (RC)

47

33.3

117

34.5

1.00

………..

 Less than 20 years

4

2.8

9

2.7

1.11

0.27–4.20

 20–24 years

21

14.9

76

22.4

0.69

0.37–1.29

 30 years+

69

48.9

137

40.4

1.25

0.78–2.01

Number in children

      

 Less than 3 (RC)

45

31.9

137

40.4

1.00

…….

 3–4

46

32.6

124

36.6

1.13

0.68–1.87

 5 & more

50

35.5

78

23.0

1.95*

1.2–3.30

Accompanying person

      

 Mother/Caregiver (RC)

21

14.9

276

81.7

1.00

……..

 Others

120

85.1

62

18.3

25.4*

14.4–45.3

Swimming ability

  

26

7.7

1.00

…….

Can swim (RC)

  

142

42.1

4.5*

1.25–19.4

Cannot swim

      

Model summary:

2 log likelihood: 242.922

Cox & Snell R Square: 0.51

Negelikereke R: 0.60

Model Chi-Square: 8.019

  1. RC = Reference category, *p = Level of significant, Source: BHIS, 2005