Table 6 Predictors of neonatal death among neonates admitted in Amhara region referral hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 612)

 < 35 yrs.

72 (14.3)

1

1

 ≥ 35 yrs

42 (38.9)

3.82 (2.03,4.35)*

2.60 (1.44,4.72)*

 Urban

56 (14.6)

1

1

 Rural

58 (25.3)

1.98 (1.27,2.66)*

1.22 (0.66,2.25)

 Able to read and write

55 (13.6)

1

1

 Unable to read & write

59 (28.5)

2.54 (1.60,3.35)*

1.40 (1.23,2.44)*

 Early

111 (20.98)

7.08 (2.05,20.32)*

2.87 (0.84,9.87)

 Late

3 (3.61)

1

1

 No

80 (32.92)

4.84 (2.64,5.90)*

0.93 (0.49,1.78)

 Yes

34 (9.21)

1

1

 0

12 (31.58)

4.26 (1.79,7.04)*

0.78 (0.27,2.24)

 1–3

76 (24.68)

3.02 (1.53,3.74)

0.91 (0.49,1.65)

 ≥ 4

26 (9.77)

1

1

 Yes

82 (16.27)

1

 No

32 (29.63)

2.17 (1.33,3.01)*

2.14 (1.00,4.15)

 Single-tone

82 (15.0)

1

1

 Multiple

32 (50.0)

5.68 (2.95, 6.73)*

3.96 (2.10,7.46)*

 Male

58 (15.9)

1

1

 Female

56 (22.7)

1.55 (0.96,2.01)

0.76 (0.48,1.19)

 No

84 (16.67)

1

 Yes

30 (27.78)

1.92 (0.94,2.18)

0.56 (0.31,1.02)

 No

22 (7.6)

1

1

 Yes

92 (28.5)

4.83 (2.47,6.30)*

1.30 (0.68, 2.48)

 No

86 (23.1)

1

1

 Yes

103 (42.92

2.50 (1.81,5.27)*

0.69 (0.49,1.19)

 Cephalic

95 (17.0)

1

1

 Non-Cephalic

19 (36.5)

2.82 (1.61,4.33)*

1.08 (0.58,2.02)

 Negative

106 (17.8)

1

1

 Positive

8 (53.3)

5.29 (2.24,5.36)*

6.57 (2.53,17.06)*

 1

32 (12.2)

0.49 (0.36,0.86)*

1.12 (0.62,1.98)

 2–4

59 (21.9)

1

1

 ≥ 5

23 (29.1)

1.47 (0.87, 2.28)

1.17 (0.56,2.44)