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Table 2 The number of cause-specific infant deaths, the cause-specific mortailty rate and the proportion(%) in regions of rural China during 2010-2018

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

 

2010-2012

2013-2015

2016-2018

2010-2018

Deaths

mortalitya

Proportion

Deaths

mortalitya

Proportion

Deaths

mortalitya

Proportion

Deaths

Proportion

AADRb (95%CI)

Eastern

 Congenital abnormalities

314

223.1

29.0%

181

123.8

23.8%

175

113.9

29.0%

670

27.4%

11.8%(9.1, 14.4)

 Prematurity/LBW

258

183.2

23.8%

180

123.3

23.7%

89

58.2

14.8%

527

21.5%

16.4%(13.5, 19.3)

 Injuries

105

74.3

9.6%

66

44.9

8.6%

57

37.1

9.4%

227

9.3%

11.6%(6.9, 16.0)

 Birth asphyxia

169

120.0

15.6%

126

85.9

16.5%

61

39.9

10.2%

356

14.5%

16.2%(12.6, 19.7)

 Pneumonia

130

92.3

12.0%

68

46.6

9.0%

72

46.9

11.9%

270

11.0%

11.5%(7.2, 15.6)

 Diarrhoea

20

14.0

1.8%

13

8.6

1.7%

3

2.2

0.6%

36

1.5%

26.5%(14.5, 16.7)

Central

 Congenital abnormalities

783

268.0

23.2%

518

188.9

26.5%

373

152.2

26.0%

1674

24.7%

11.8%(9.1, 14.4)

 Prematurity/LBW

711

243.6

21.1%

327

119.2

16.6%

236

96.3

16.5%

1274

18.8%

15.2%(13.2, 17.2)

 Injuries

356

122.1

10.5%

241

87.9

12.3%

167

67.9

11.6%

764

11.3%

10.0%(7.3, 12.5)

 Birth asphyxia

579

198.3

17.2%

309

112.6

15.7%

188

76.6

13.1%

1076

15.9%

15.0%(12.8, 17.1)

 Pneumonia

399

136.5

11.8%

236

86.2

12.0%

166

67.7

11.6%

801

11.8%

11.7%(9.1, 14.0)

 Diarrhoea

54

18.5

1.6%

24

8.9

1.2%

8

3.4

0.6%

87

1.3%

18.8%(11.0, 25.8)

Western

 Congenital abnormalities

680

249.4

13.4%

640

228.7

14.5%

518

197.5

16.1%

1838

14.5%

4.2%(2.5, 5.9)

 Prematurity/LBW

1114

408.2

21.9%

950

339.6

21.6%

556

212.1

17.3%

2620

20.6%

9.1%(7.7, 10.5)

 Injuries

418

153.1

8.2%

359

128.4

8.2%

240

91.6

7.50%

1017

8.0%

10.0%(7.3, 12.5)

 Birth asphyxia

841

308.2

16.6%

706

252.5

16.0%

418

159.5

13.0%

1965

15.5%

10.0%(9.4, 11.6)

 Pneumonia

1016

372.5

20.0%

849

303.6

19.3%

671

255.7

20.8%

2536

20.0%

6.6%(5.0, 8.1)

 Diarrhoea

288

105.5

5.7%

233

83.2

5.3%

156

59.5

4.8%

677

5.3%

18.8%(11.0, 25.8)

  1. acause-specific mortality was calculated as the number of specific-caused deaths per 10 000 live births
  2. bAADR the average annual decline rate of the cause-specific infant mortality during 2010-2018