Table 1 Meta-analyzed relative risk of under-five mortality, comparing children of high fertility mothers to low fertility mothers, stratified by country-level total fertility rate
From: Residual confounding explains the association between high parity and child mortality
| 听 | Birth order 1 | Birth order 2 | Birth order 3 | Birth order 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TFR 2-<4 (n=7) | 2.53 (1.89, 3.38) | 2.48 (1.94, 3.17) | 2.81 (1.98, 3.99) | 1.91 (1.27, 2.86) |
TFR 4-<6 (n=14) | 1.87 (1.63, 2.14) | 1.94 (1.64, 2.29) | 1.88 (1.57, 2.26) | 1.58 (1.22, 2.06) |
TFR 6-<8 (n=22) | 1.28 (1.16, 1.42) | 1.40 (1.23, 1.59) | 1.34 (1.20, 1.49) | 1.19 (1.06, 1.35) |