Table 3 Risks of cause-specific infant mortality among regions of rural China during 2010-2018
Cause of death | Cause-specific mortalitya | RRb (95%CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern | Central | Western | Eastern | Central | Western | |
2010-2012 | ||||||
Congenital abnormalities | 223.1 | 268.0 | 249.4 | 1 | 1.2(1.1,1.4) | 1.1(1.0, 1.3) |
Prematurity/LBW | 183.2 | 243.6 | 408.2 | 1 | 1.3(1.2,1.5) | 2.2(1.9, 2.5) |
Injuries | 74.3 | 122.1 | 153.1 | 1 | 1.6(1.3, 2.0) | 2.1(1.7, 2.5) |
Birth asphyxia | 120.0 | 198.3 | 308.2 | 1 | 1.7(1.4, 2.0) | 2.6(2.2, 3.0) |
Pneumonia | 92.3 | 136.5 | 372.5 | 1 | 1.5(1.2, 1.8) | 4.0(3.4, 4.8) |
Diarrhoea | 14.0 | 18.5 | 105.5 | 1 | 1.3(0.8, 2.2) | 7.6(4.7, 11.7) |
2013-2015 | ||||||
Congenital abnormalities | 123.8 | 188.9 | 228.7 | 1 | 1.5(1.3,1.8) | 1.8(1.6,2.2) |
Prematurity/LBW | 123.3 | 119.2 | 339.6 | 1 | 1.0(0.8,1.2) | 2.8(2.4, 3.2) |
Injuries | 44.9 | 87.9 | 128.4 | 1 | 2.0(1.5, 2.6) | 2.9(2.2, 3.7) |
Birth asphyxia | 85.9 | 112.6 | 252.5 | 1 | 1.3(1.1, 1.6) | 2.9(2.4, 3.5) |
Pneumonia | 46.6 | 86.2 | 303.6 | 1 | 1.9(1.4, 2.4) | 6.5(5.1, 8.3) |
Diarrhoea | 8.6 | 8.9 | 83.2 | 1 | 1.0(0.5, 1.9) | 9.7(5.4, 16.4) |
2016-2018 | ||||||
Congenital abnormalities | 113.9 | 152.2 | 197.5 | 1 | 1.3(1.1,1.6) | 1.7(1.5, 2.1) |
Prematurity/LBW | 58.2 | 96.3 | 212.1 | 1 | 1.7(1.3, 2.1) | 3.6(2.9, 4.6) |
Injuries | 37.1 | 67.9 | 91.6 | 1 | 1.8(1.4, 2.5) | 2.5(1.8, 3.3) |
Birth asphyxia | 39.9 | 76.6 | 159.5 | 1 | 1.9(1.4, 2.6) | 4.0(3.1, 5.3) |
Pneumonia | 46.9 | 67.7 | 255.7 | 1 | 1.4(1.1, 1.9) | 5.5(4.3, 7.0) |
Diarrhoea | 2.2 | 3.4 | 59.5 | 1 | 1.5(0.4, 6.3) | 26.9(9.7, 95.5) |