Investigation of Factors Influencing Infant Mortality at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana

Table 2

Coefficient estimates of the multinomial logistic regression model.

Diagnosis of death	Predictors	Estimate (ß)	Std. error	OR	Wald stat	value
Meconium aspiration	Intercept	-0.61	0.89		-0.69	0.50
	Birth type	-3.78	0.01	0.02	-378.00	<0.05
	Age	0.02	0.09	1.02	0.22	0.81
	Weight	-0.03	0.29	0.97	-0.10	0.91
Prematurity	Intercept	-1.44	0.87		-1.66	0.11
	Birth type	-4.57	0.01	0.01	-457.00	<0.05
	Age	0.17	0.07	1.18	2.43	0.02
	Weight	0.05	0.29	1.05	0.17	0.87
Respiratory distress	Intercept	2.62	0.67		3.91	<0.05
	Birth type	13.23	0.34	5.50+05	38.91	<0.05
	Age	0.11	0.07	1.12	1.57	0.12
	Weight	-1.5	0.29	0.23	-5.17	<0.05
Sepsis	Intercept	1.79	0.62		2.89	<0.05
	Birth type	13.73	0.29	9.20+05	47.34	<0.05
	Age	0.14	0.07	1.16	2.00	0.04
	Weight	-0.66	0.22	0.52	-3.00	<0.05
Others	Intercept	1.95	0.67		2.91	<0.05
	Birth type	13.52	0.33	7.50+05	40.97	<0.05
	Age	0.14	0.07	1.15	2.00	0.04
	Weight	-1.14	0.27		-4.22	<0.05