Geographical disparities in infant mortality in the rural areas of China: a descriptive study, 2010–2018

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Risks of infant mortality, neonatal mortality and post-neonatal mortality among regions of rural China during 2010-2018

Location		2010-2012			2013-2015		2016-2018
	death	mortality rate^a	RR^b	death	mortality rate^a	RR^b (95%CI)	death	mortality rate^a	RR^b(95%CI)
	death	mortality rate^a	(95%CI)	death	mortality rate^a	RR^b (95%CI)	death	mortality rate^a	RR^b(95%CI)
Infant
Eastern	1084	7.7	1	759	5.2	1	605	3.9	1
Central	3374	11.6	1.5(1.4-1.6)	1963	7.2	1.4(1.3-1.5)	1436	5.9	1.5(1.4-1.6)
Western	5078	18.6	2.4(2.3-2.6)	4403	15.7	3.0(2.8-3.3)	3225	12.3	3.1(2.9-3.4)
Neonatal
Eastern	666	4.7	1	503	3.4	1	401	2.6	1
Central	2274	7.8	1.6(1.5-1.8)	1360	5.0	1.4(1.3-1.6)	878	3.6	1.4(1.2-1.5)
Western	3127	11.5	2.4(2.2-2.6)	2737	9.8	2.8(2.6-3.1)	1927	7.3	2.8(2.5-3.1)
Post neonatal
Eastern	418	3.0	1	255	1.7	1	197	1.3	1
Central	1100	3.8	1.3(1.1-1.4)	603	2.2	1.3(1.1-1.5)	558	2.3	1.8(1.5-2.1)
Western	1951	7.2	2.4(2.2-2.7)	1665	5.9	3.4(3.0-3.9)	1298	4.9	3.9(3.3-4.5)

^amortality rate was calculated as the number of deaths per 1000 live births
^bRRof infant mortality, neonatal mortality and post-neonatal mortality in the central or western rural areas relative to the eastern rural areas.

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