Table 1. Infant mortality rates in urban and rural areas of Shenyang during 1997–2014.
| Year | Urban and rural areas | Urban areas | Rural areas | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livebirths | No. | Rate* | Livebirths | No. | Rate* | Livebirths | No. | Rate* | |
| 1997 | 48628 | 462 | 9.50 | 30022 | 255 | 8.49 | 18606 | 207 | 11.13 |
| 1998 | 45881 | 425 | 9.26 | 27943 | 235 | 8.41 | 17938 | 190 | 10.59 |
| 1999 | 42474 | 374 | 8.81 | 26416 | 208 | 7.87 | 16058 | 166 | 10.34 |
| 2000 | 44245 | 409 | 9.24 | 28723 | 235 | 8.18 | 15522 | 114 | 7.34 |
| 2001 | 43244 | 397 | 9.18 | 28306 | 223 | 7.88 | 14938 | 174 | 11.65 |
| 2002 | 46163 | 424 | 9.18 | 30367 | 214 | 7.05 | 15796 | 210 | 13.29 |
| 2003 | 36015 | 356 | 9.88 | 15400 | 99 | 6.43 | 20615 | 257 | 12.47 |
| 2004 | 46240 | 360 | 7.79 | 28473 | 200 | 7.02 | 17767 | 160 | 9.01 |
| 2005 | 52972 | 448 | 8.46 | 22674 | 144 | 6.35 | 30298 | 304 | 10.03 |
| 2006 | 52237 | 420 | 8.04 | 22896 | 119 | 5.20 | 29341 | 301 | 10.26 |
| 2007 | 61111 | 471 | 7.71 | 30251 | 164 | 5.42 | 30860 | 307 | 9.95 |
| 2008 | 59163 | 350 | 5.92 | 30255 | 130 | 4.30 | 28908 | 220 | 7.61 |
| 2009 | 59232 | 281 | 4.74 | 32488 | 106 | 3.26 | 26744 | 175 | 6.54 |
| 2010 | 57523 | 283 | 4.92 | 34823 | 117 | 3.36 | 22700 | 166 | 7.31 |
| 2011 | 58303 | 268 | 4.60 | 37919 | 119 | 3.14 | 20384 | 149 | 7.31 |
| 2012 | 69469 | 259 | 3.73 | 49121 | 132 | 2.69 | 20348 | 127 | 6.24 |
| 2013 | 67856 | 272 | 4.01 | 49533 | 145 | 2.93 | 18323 | 127 | 6.93 |
| 2014 | 79827 | 251 | 3.14 | 61002 | 146 | 2.39 | 18825 | 105 | 5.58 |
| Total | 970583 | 6510 | 6.71 | 586612 | 2991 | 5.10 | 383971 | 3459 | 9.01 |
*Infant mortality rates were expressed as per 1000 live births.