Under-Five Mortality in Buea Health District, Southwest Cameroon: Evidence from a Community-Based Birth Cohort Study of Rate, Causes, and Age-Specific Patterns

Table 2

Under-five deaths categorised by maternal and child characteristics.

Characteristics	Live births	Under-five deaths (percentage)	U5MR (per 1000 live births)	value
Health area
Bokwango	303	25 (27.2%)	82.5	<0.0001
Buea Town	243	17 (18.5%)	70
Buea Road	653	13 (14.1%)	19.9
Muea	1011	37 (40.2%)	36.6
Type of health area
Rural	546	42 (45.7%)	77	<0.0001
Semiurban	1664	50 (54.3%)	30
Gender
Male	1193	57 (61.9%)	48	0.17
Female	1017	35 (38.1%)	35
Maternal age (years)
<20	515	40 (43.4%)	78	<0.0001
20-35	1112	41 (44.6%)	37
>35	583	11 (12.0%)	19
Maternal education
None	199	18 (19.6%)	90	<0.0001
Primary	464	35 (38.1%)	71
Secondary	884	36 (39.0%)	41
Tertiary	663	03 (03.3%)	5