| |
Twins |
Singletons |
| |
Hospital |
Clinic |
Home |
Others |
Total |
χ2 |
Hospital |
Clinic |
Home |
Others |
Total |
χ2 |
| Time of death: Infant deaths |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 12–3 a.m. |
7 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
18 (11.9) |
2.02 |
290 |
20 |
362 |
36 |
708 (17.7) |
2.5 |
| 4–7 a.m. |
22 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
34 (22.5) |
3.10 |
479 |
32 |
370 |
26 |
907 (22.7) |
86.5** |
| 8–11 a.m |
25 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
33 (21.9) |
2.44 |
623 |
24 |
194 |
29 |
870 (21.7) |
61.9** |
| 0–3 p.m |
25 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
30 (19.9) |
0.93 |
456 |
19 |
148 |
29 |
652 (16.3) |
0.3 |
| 4–7 p.m. |
19 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
24 15.9) |
0.05 |
362 |
9 |
116 |
17 |
504 (12.6) |
39.8** |
| 8–11 p.m. |
9 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
12 (7.9) |
6.89* |
257 |
9 |
83 |
11 |
360 ( 9.0) |
141.2** |
| Total |
107 |
3 |
39 |
2 |
151 |
15.45** |
2467 |
113 |
1273 |
148 |
4001 |
332.2** |
| Time of death: Early neonatal deaths |
| 12–11 a.m. |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 (50.0) |
|
55 |
51 |
3 |
2 |
111(69.8) |
|
| 0– 11 p.m. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 (50.0) |
|
33 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
48(30.2) |
|
| Total |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
88 |
64 |
4 |
3 |
159 |
|
| Season of death |
No. of deaths |
Exp. |
χ2 |
No. of deaths |
Exp. |
χ2 |
| Winter (Dec.–Feb.) |
54 (35.5) |
38 |
7.20** |
1217 (30.4) |
991 |
51.75** |
| Spring (March–May) |
34 (22.4) |
38 |
0.48 |
1129 (28.2) |
1010 |
14.07** |
| Summer (June–Aug.) |
32 (21.1) |
38 |
1.03 |
823 (20.5) |
1010 |
34.55** |
| Autumn (Sept.–Nov.) |
32 (21.1) |
38 |
0.91 |
840 (21.0) |
999 |
25.25** |
| Total |
152 |
|
9.62* |
4009 (100.1) |
4010 |
125.63** |
Note: Figures in parentheses indicate the percentage of deaths due to SIDS.; Obs., Number of deaths due to SIDS; Exp., Expectation values; *Significant at the 5% level;
**Significant at the 1% level. To compute χ2-value, the expectation value was 25 for twins and 666.8 for singletons in each time at death categories. |