Table 2 Mortality rates by: urban-rural, 3 categories of kebeles and sex of the child, Gamo Gofa Zone, 2014

Age category

By the three categories of kebeles (Un-weighted data)

Mortality/1000 Live births

P-value

Under-five

Non-DSS Rural

52.24

47.30

57.18

1

Urban

33.77

29.10

38.44

0.001

DSS

32.30

28.04

36.56

0.001

Neonatal

Non-DSS Rural

25.54

22.04

29.05

1

Urban

13.23

10.27

16.18

0.001

DSS

11.02

8.50

13.53

0.001

Infant

Non-DSS Rural

41.20

36.79

45.62

1

Urban

27.15

22.95

31.36

0.001

DSS

25.81

21.99

29.63

0.001

Child

Non-DSS Rural

11.04

8.72

13.36

1

Urban

6.61

4.52

8.71

0.001

DSS

6.49

4.56

8.42

0.001

Age category

By rural–urban (Weighted data)

Mortality/1000 Live births

P-value

Under-five

Over all

42.75

39.55

45.96

Rural

43.08

39.76

46.39

1

Urban

33.77

29.10

38.44

0.003

Early Neonatal

Over all

15.23

13.28

17.17

Rural

15.40

13.39

17.41

1

Urban

10.44

7.82

13.07

0.007

Late neonatal

Over all

3.44

2.51

4.37

Rural

3.47

2.51

4.43

1

Urban

2.79

1.42

4.15

0.444

Neonatal

Over all

18.67

16.52

20.81

Rural

18.87

16.65

21.09

1

Urban

13.23

10.27

16.18

0.006

Post neonatal

Over all

15.21

13.28

17.15

Rural

15.26

13.26

17.26

1

Urban

13.93

10.90

16.96

0.480

Infant

Over all

33.88

31.02

36.75

Rural

34.13

31.17

37.09

1

Urban

27.15

22.95

31.36

0.011

Child

Over all

8.87

7.38

10.35

Rural

8.95

7.41

10.49

1

Urban

6.61

4.52

8.71

0.100

Age category

By Sex of the children (Weighted data)

Mortality/1000 Live births

P-value

Under-five

Male

49.08

44.54

54.06

1

Female

35.92

31.92

40.41

0.001

Infant

Male

39.50

35.43

44.01

1

Female

27.83

24.32

31.83

0.001

Neonatal

Male

24.15

20.99

27.78

1

Female

12.76

10.44

15.59

0.001