Table 3. Trends in neonatal mortality rate in Shenyang by urban and rural areas in 1997–2014.
| Cause of death | Urban area‡ | 95% CI | Rural area‡ | 95% CI | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2014 | PC† (%) | APC† (%) | 1997 | 2014 | PC† (%) | APC† (%) | |||||||
| Case | Rate* | Case | Rate* | Case | Rate* | Case | Rate* | |||||||
| Overall | 197 | 4.05 | 83 | 1.04 | −74.33 | −8.52 | −9.67, −7.34 | 171 | 3.52 | 66 | 0.83 | −76.49 | −5.26 | −6.85, −3.64 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.05 | 143.67 | −5.07 | −12.41, 2.90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | N/A | 1.61 | −4.24, 7.83 |
| Congenital malfor mations | 79 | 1.62 | 9 | 0.11 | −93.06 | −12.89 | −14.90, −10.83 | 146 | 3 | 52 | 0.65 | −78.30 | −5.54 | −6.93, −4.13 |
| Disease of the perinatal period | 97 | 1.99 | 55 | 0.69 | −65.46 | −6.67 | −8.04, −5.27 | 104 | 2.14 | 40 | 0.5 | −76.57 | −5.16 | −6.36, −3.95 |
| Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | −9.88 | −18.08, −0.86 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | −39.08 | −1.29 | −8.16, 6.09 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 15 | 0.31 | 6 | 0.08 | −75.63 | −8.88 | −13.95, −3.51 | 16 | 0.33 | 5 | 0.06 | −80.96 | −7.60 | −11.81, −3.18 |
| Disease of the digestive system | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.04 | N/A | −2.47 | −15.02, 11.94 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | N/A | −2.27 | −9.84, 5.92 |
| Accident | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.03 | −39.08 | −4.78 | −13.63, 4.97 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | −100.00 | 0.4 | −6.98, 8.36 |
| Others§ | 3 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.05 | −18.78 | −5.54 | −12.48, 1.95 | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.05 | −51.27 | −4.30 | −11.71, 3.72 |
APC, annual percent change; CI, confidence interval; N/A, not available; PC, percent change.
*
Neonatal mortality rates were expressed as per 1000 live births.
†
Percent change and annual percent change between 1997 and 2014 was calculated by the neonatal mortality rate.
‡
Urban areas included five districts (He Pin, Shen He, Da Dong, Huang Gu, and Tie Xi); Rural areas included eight districts (Liao Zhong, Kang Pin, Fa Ku, Xin Ming, Shen Bei, Hun Nan, Yu Hong, and Su Jiatun).
§
Others including endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, blood and hematopoietic organ diseases, circulatory system diseases, urinary system diseases, leukemia and other neoplasms, and unknown or missing causes of deaths.