Table 2 Mortality rate among twins (N = 1083) and singletons (N = 32,436) in the neonatal (0–28 days), post-neonatal (29–365 days) period and infancy (0–365 days) in the Basse HDSS, The Gambia, 2009–2013
No. deaths | Deaths per 1,000 live births | 95 % CI c | OR a | 95 % CI c | Adjusted OR b (Model1) | 95 % CI c | Adjusted OR c (Model2) | 95 % CI d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neonatal | All e | 508 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 16.5 | ||||||
Singletons | 448 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | ||||
Twins | 60 | 55.4 | 41.8 | 69.0 | 4.19 | 3.01–5.82 | 4.33 | 3.09–6.06 | 4.86 | 3.38–6.99 | |
Post neonatal | All e | 574 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 18.5 | ||||||
Singletons | 529 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 17.7 | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | ||||
Twins | 45 | 41.6 | 29.7 | 53.4 | 2.61 | 1.86–3.67 | 2.61 | 1.85–3.68 | 2.72 | 1.84–4.01 | |
Infancy | All e | 1082 | 32.3 | 30.4 | 34.2 | ||||||
Singletons | 977 | 30.1 | 28.3 | 32.0 | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | ||||
Twins | 105 | 97.0 | 79.3 | 114.6 | 3.46 | 2.68–4.45 | 3.51 | 2.71–4.55 | 3.83 | 2.87–5.11 | |