Skip to main content

Table 3 Mortality indicators for intervention and comparison villages, August 2007–June2015, Rufiji, Ulanga and Kilombero districts, Tanzania

From: The impact of paid community health worker deployment on child survival: the connect randomized cluster trial in rural Tanzania

Public health impact indicators:

Intervention

Comparison

p-valuee

Na

Est.b (95% CI)

N

Est. (95% CI)

Baseline August 2007–July2011:c

 Neonatal mortality rate

16,609

23·2 (21·0–25·7)

16,195

25·9 (23·5–28·5)

0·129

 Post-neonatal mortality rate

23,234

24·9 (23·9–25·8)

22,567

25·8 (24·9–26·8)

0·541

 Infant mortality rate

24,220

48·1 (44·9–51·5)

23,569

51·7 (48·4–55·3)

0·134

 Post-infant mortality rate

45,752

33·2 (32·3–34·1)

44,636

31·0 (30·1–31·8)

0·245

 Under-5 mortality rate (0q5)

54,086

81·3 (77·2–85·6)

53,058

82·7 (78·5–87·1)

0·673

Endline August 2011–June 2015:d

 Neonatal mortality rate

16,230

26·8 (24·3–29·4)

20,266

25·5 (23·4–27·9)

0·632

 Post-neonatal mortality rate

22,346

20·9 (20·1–21·7)

29,744

23·0 (22·2–23·8)

0·182

 Infant mortality rate

23,237

47·7 (44·4–51·1)

30,984

48·9 (46·0–52·0)

0·575

 Post-infant mortality rate

43,506

25·5 (24·9–26·2)

59,173

28·5 (27·8–29·1)

0·084

 Under-5 mortality rate (0q5)

50,879

73·2 (69·3–77·3)

70,098

77·4 (73·8–81·1)

0·134

  1. a)N = total population at risk
  2. b)Est. = Estimate
  3. c)Baseline calculation is based on 4 years before CHW deployment
  4. d)The first batch of CHWs was deployed on August 1, 2011 and the duration of exposure to CHW is 4 years·
  5. e)Logrank test chi2 of the mortality rate of the classifying variable