Table 4.

Analysis of average annual rates of mortality decline pre- and post-IMCI implementation by year of implementation

		Annual percentage of reduction (95%CI) in under-five mortality
Implementation year	Number of districts	Before IMCI	After IMCI	p Value
Before 2002	19	–	5.6 (3.3 to 7.9)
2002	32	3.0 (−1.2 to 7.1)	6.1 (4.4 to 7.7)	0.21
2003	30	4.1 (1.3 to 6.9)	6.9 (4.7 to 9.1)	0.15
2004	27	3.7 (1.1 to 6.3)	8.5 (5.6  to 11.4)	0.006
2005	38	2.1 (−0.4  to 4.6)	12.8 (8.1  to 17.2)	0.0001
2002 to 2005 combined	127	2.6 (1.1  to 4.1)	7.3 (5.8  to 8.7)	<0.0001
After 2005	67	4.6 (3.5 to 5.8)
All districts*	213	3.3 (2.3 to 4.4)	6.3 (5.1 to 7.5)	0.0001

IMCI, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness.

*covers all 213 study districts implementing or not implementing IMCI.