Background characteristic	EAG states				Non EAG states				Absolute and % difference in U5MR (5q0) EAG to Non EAG states
Background characteristic	Live births	Live birth (%)	Under five deaths	U5MR (5q0)	Live births	Live birth (%)	Under five deaths	U5MR (5q0)
Mother’s age at the time of first delivery
≤15	3249	2.9	147	50.5	2124	2.7	60	32.5	18.0 (35.6)
16 - 20	54,868	48.8	2079	44.0	30,648	39.1	636	25.2	18.8 (42.7)
21 - 25	44,474	39.5	1489	39.2	32,247	41.2	667	26.3	12.9 (32.9)
>25	9890	8.8	355	40.7	13,297	17.0	263	23.8	16.9 (41.5)
Total no of children ever born
≤2	67,793	60.3	2075	34.7	56,478	72.1	980	21.5	13.2 (38.0)
3 - 4	32,316	28.7	1224	44.7	17,345	22.1	458	31.7	13.0 (29.1)
>4	12,372	11.0	771	71.1	4493	5.7	188	51.5	19.6 (27.6)
Birth order
First	33,491	29.8	1170	39.3	28,312	36.2	503	23.7	15.6 (39.7)
Second/third	55,127	49.0	1604	34.2	40,382	51.6	754	22.0	12.2 (35.7)
≥Fourth	23,863	21.2	1296	62.1	9622	12.3	369	47.5	14.6 (23.5)
Sex of child
Male	61,669	54.8	2203	41.0	41,776	53.3	888	26.5	14.5 (35.4)
Female	50,812	45.2	1867	43.4	36,540	46.7	738	24.4	19.0 (43.8)
Mother’s educational level
No education	41,971	37.3	1924	53.6	13,134	16.8	403	39.1	14.5 (27.1)
Primary	16,906	15.0	661	45.3	9790	12.5	271	31.3	14.0 (30.9)
Secondary	43,946	39.1	1294	33.6	44,901	57.3	834	23.3	10.3 (30.7)
Higher	9658	8.6	191	22.5	10,491	13.4	118	12.7	9.8 (43.6)
Household members (Family size)
≤5	47,417	42.2	2331	56.6	38,967	49.8	1033	32.3	24.3 (42.9)
>5	65,064	57.8	1739	30.8	39,349	50.2	593	18.4	12.4 (40.3)
Wealth Index
Poor/poorer	66,871	59.5	2829	49.9	23,592	30.1	651	36.4	13.5 (27.1)
Middle	19,053	16.9	630	37.9	19,316	24.7	440	28.6	9.3 (24.5)
Rich/richest	26,557	23.6	611	25.6	35,408	45.2	535	17.2	8.4 (32.8)