Predictive factors of the under two child mortality in rural areas in a context of food supplementation in Burkina Faso: a paired control case study

Abstract

The aim of our study is to identify the predictive factors of the child mortality in rural areas in a context of food supplementation in Burkina Faso. This is a paired control case study (1: 2), nested in a cohort. a cox regression was used to identify predictors of child mortality. a significance level of 0.05 was considered a total of 104 deaths and 208 controls were included in the study, a sample of 312 children. The mean age of mothers was 26.13 ± 6 years. in multi-varied analysis, twins were 5.5 times more likely to die before their second birthday than non-twins. Moderate acute malnourished children were protected against death compared to severe acute malnutrition (Hr = 0.03, 95 % Ci [0.19-0.98], p <0.001). Other predictors child mortality were lack of a private latrine, non-breastfeeding, absence of over 65 in the household, children born to mothers under 18 years of age. Special attention should be given about feeding infants and young child born twins, to reduce the risk of dying before their second birthday.