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Table 2 Mortality estimates and odds of death by individual and household characteristics

From: Mortality following the Haitian earthquake of 2010: a stratified cluster survey

 

Total exposed

Total deaths

Mortality rate (deaths/1000)

Odds of death§

 

Rate

95% CI

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

Overall

6383

153

23.97

20.36- 28.03

   

Sex

       

Male

3052

71

23.26

18.21 – 29.25

Reference

  

Female

3379

76

22.49

17.76 – 28.07

0.96

0.71 – 1.33

0.786

Age category

      

<0.003*

0-17

2299

37

16.09

11.36 – 22.11

Reference

  

18-49

3689

92

24.93

20.15 – 30.49

1.56

1.06 – 2.30

0.023

50+

548

24

43.79

28.26 – 64.47

2.80

1.66 – 4.72

<0.001

Education level

     

0.399*

None

289

11

38.06

19.15 – 67.08

Reference

  

Primary

1237

27

21.83

14.43 – 31.60

0.59

0.28 – 1.24

0.165

Secondary

3685

83

22.52

17.98 – 27.85

0.61

0.31 – 1.20

0.150

Higher education

1273

31

24.35

16.69 – 34.39

0.62

0.29 – 1.32

0.213

Crowding

     

0.082*

<2.0

1927

35

18.16

12.68 – 25.17

Reference

  

2.0-2.9

1566

37

23.63

16.69 – 32.42

1.32

0.82 – 2.13

0.257

3.0-3.9

949

23

24.24

15.42 – 36.15

1.28

0.74 – 2.23

0.375

4.0+

2094

58

27.70

21.10 – 35.66

1.52

0.97 – 2.37

0.069

Current cocation

       

Neighborhood

3258

63

19.34

14.89 – 24.67

Reference

  

Camp

3278

90

27.46

22.13 – 33.64

1.44

0.90 – 2.29

0.127

Multilevel

       

1 level

3999

76

19.00

15.00 – 23.73

Reference

  

>1 level

2031

67

32.99

25.66 – 41.71

1.98

1.38 – 2.83

<0.001

  1. § Mixed-effect logistic modeling was used to obtain odds ratio and CI estimates accounting for cluster design.
  2. *Indicates overall p-value for the categorical variable calculated using the likelihood ratio test.