Table 3.
Under-five mortality rate and annual per cent reduction (AAPC) by maternal education level and time period in León (urban and rural) and Cuatro Santos (rural), Nicaragua, 1990 to 2008
| |
Completed primary education or more
|
|
Less than primary education
|
|
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths | Rate (95%CI) | AAPC (%) | Births | Deaths | Rate (95%CI) | AAPC (%) | Rate ratio (95%CI) | Difference (95%CI) | |
|
Urban-León |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1990–1994 |
3,628 |
101 |
27.8 (22.5, 33.2) |
|
3,389 |
176 |
51.9 (44.5, 59.4) |
|
1.8 (1.4, 2.3) |
24.1 (14.7, 33.5) |
| 1995–1999 |
3,361 |
45 |
13.4 (9.5, 17.3) |
|
1,014 |
34 |
33.5 (22.5, 44.6) |
|
2.5 (1.6, 3.9) |
20.1 (8.2, 32.0) |
| 2000–2005 |
4,299 |
87 |
20.2 (16.0, 24.4) |
6.6 |
944 |
32 |
33.9 (22.4, 45.4) |
11.6 |
1.6 (1.1, 2.5) |
13.7 (1.1, 26.1) |
| Progress |
|
|
|
On track |
|
|
|
On track |
|
|
|
Rural-León |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1990–1994 |
554 |
23 |
41.5 (24.9, 58.1) |
|
2,328 |
125 |
53.7 (44.5, 62.9) |
|
1.3 (0.8, 2.1) |
12.1 (-7.2, 31.5) |
| 1995–1999 |
617 |
16 |
25.9 (13.4, 38.5) |
|
1,583 |
63 |
39.8 (30.2, 49.4) |
|
1.5 (0.8, 2.6) |
13.8 (-2.1, 29.9) |
| 2000–2005 |
1,002 |
17 |
17.0 (9.0, 25.0) |
9.6 |
1,616 |
68 |
42.1 (32.3, 51.9) |
-0.2 |
6.4 (3.7, 10.9) |
57.3 (40.4, 74.2) |
| Progress |
|
|
|
On track |
|
|
|
No progress |
|
|
|
Cuatro Santos |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1990–1994 |
1191 |
34 |
28.5 (19.1, 38.0) |
|
2380 |
89 |
37.4 (29.8, 45.0) |
|
1.3 (0.8, 1.9) |
8.8 (-3.2, 21.0) |
| 1995–1999 |
1268 |
40 |
31.5 (21.9, 41.2) |
|
2316 |
106 |
45.8 (37.3, 54.3) |
|
1.4 (1.01, 2.0) |
14.2 (1.4, 27.0) |
| 2000–2005 |
1797 |
40 |
22.3 (15.4, 29.1) |
|
2202 |
56 |
25.4 (18.9, 32.0) |
|
1.1 (0.7, 1.6) |
3.2 (-6.3, 12.5) |
| 2006–2008 |
961 |
18 |
18.7 (10.2, 27.3) |
3.4/4.8 1 |
764 |
17 |
22.3 (11.8, 32.7) |
2.1/5.21 |
1.2 (0.6, 2.2) |
3.5 (-9.9, 17.1) |
| Progress | On track | On track | ||||||||
1Decline from 1990 to 2005/1990 to 2008.