Table 1.

Infant and neonatal mortality rates, Palermo and Messina districts, 2004-2006

Year	Messina	Palermo	IMR Ratio Messina/Palermo	95% CI	p-value
	IMR
2004	6.1	3.9	1.5	1.0 - 2.4
2005	6.8	4.0	1.7	1.1 - 2.6
2006	4.9	3.1	1.6	0.1 - 2.6
2004-2006	5.9	3.7	1.6	1.2 - 2.1	0.0001
Year	Neonatal Mortality
2004	5.0	2.9	1.7	1.1 - 2.8
2005	5.5	2.5	2.2	1.3 - 3.6
2006	3.5	2.3	1.5	0.9 - 2.7
2004-2006	4.7	2.6	1.8	1.4 - 2.4	<0.0001*
Year	Post Neonatal Mortality
2004	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.4 - 2.7
2005	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.4 - 2.1
2006	1.4	0.8	1.8	0.7 - 4.7
2004-2006	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.7 - 1.9	>0.05*

*Differential Messina-Palermo period 2004-2006