Table 4.
Contribution of different variables to the development of inequalities in neonatal and postneonatal mortality in rural areas of Iran between 1998 and 2013
| Study variable | Neonatal Mortality Rate | Postneonatal Mortality Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2001 | 2002–2005 | 2006–2009 | 2010–2013 | 1998–2001 | 2002–2005 | 2006–2009 | 2010–2013 | |
| Births with low birth weight | −6.671 | −3.597 | −2.114 | −3.506 | −2.206 | −3.762 | −1.964 | −4.414 |
| Births in hospital | 10.867 | 12.138 | 4.792 | 0.640 | 45.605 | 47.819 | 18.478 | 40.499 |
| Mean age of mothers | −1.474 | 0.258 | −0.083 | −0.008 | 4.516 | 2.149 | 1.586 | 0.758 |
| Household with insurance coverage | 1.853 | 0.697 | −0.071 | −0.215 | −5.420 | −9.686 | −0.061 | −0.649 |
| Household with men as the household head | 0.373 | −0.200 | −1.113 | 0.768 | −0.066 | 2.000 | 0.817 | 6.736 |
| Literate women at reproductive age, 15–49 | 15.228 | 4.408 | 3.984 | 4.873 | 13.069 | 26.202 | 32.235 | 40.395 |
| Province | ||||||||
| Alborz | −0.025 | −0.094 | −0.162 | 0.035 | −0.046 | 0.101 | −0.466 | −0.054 |
| Ardebil | 1.505 | 3.851 | 4.434 | 3.065 | 0.783 | 2.950 | 4.245 | 1.881 |
| Bushehr | 1.633 | 0.649 | 0.642 | 1.626 | −0.097 | −0.146 | 0.158 | 1.028 |
| ChaharMahal & Bakhtiari | 3.108 | 2.826 | 3.883 | 3.213 | 1.710 | 0.447 | 0.648 | −2.267 |
| East Azarbaijan | 4.553 | 4.238 | 3.315 | 2.815 | 2.746 | 4.480 | 2.341 | −0.452 |
| Fars | 4.011 | 3.177 | 4.272 | 4.178 | 0.972 | 0.571 | 2.740 | −2.308 |
| Ghazvin | 1.543 | 1.133 | 0.944 | 0.978 | 1.714 | 0.530 | −0.061 | 0.344 |
| Gilan | 4.458 | 4.259 | 3.585 | 3.292 | −2.976 | −6.330 | −0.957 | −4.129 |
| Golestan | 2.033 | 4.294 | 5.45 | 3.193 | 1.672 | 4.793 | 5.882 | −1.441 |
| Hamedan | 5.904 | 9.076 | 5.138 | 6.191 | 5.673 | 6.742 | 1.209 | −4.063 |
| Hormozgan | 1.950 | 1.448 | 3.019 | 7.142 | 0.294 | −2.043 | 0.782 | 5.249 |
| Ilam | 1.354 | 0.794 | 2.451 | 1.310 | 0.158 | 0.125 | 1.380 | 0.556 |
| Isfahan | 0.735 | 0.215 | −0.690 | 0.146 | 0.574 | 0.036 | −0.901 | 0.252 |
| Kerman | 1.339 | 0.967 | 2.718 | 3.561 | 0.960 | −0.647 | 1.520 | 4.083 |
| Kermanshah | 4.483 | 2.567 | 3.405 | 5.623 | 2.255 | 0.866 | 1.831 | 6.645 |
| Khuzestan | 3.489 | 3.913 | 6.914 | 7.225 | 3.856 | 3.768 | 3.666 | 10.357 |
| Kohgilooye & Boyerahmad | 3.478 | 2.487 | 3.027 | 2.914 | 1.376 | −0.793 | 2.918 | 1.184 |
| Kurdistan | 6.664 | 6.892 | 5.407 | 4.795 | 1.615 | −4.279 | −1.724 | −1.428 |
| Lorestan | 5.700 | 8.958 | 5.617 | 6.212 | 1.453 | 0.969 | 2.425 | −8.039 |
| Markazi | 1.410 | 0.963 | 1.121 | 1.295 | 0.267 | 1.322 | 1.044 | 0.257 |
| Mazandaran | 0.713 | −0.200 | −0.986 | 0.305 | −0.500 | 0.336 | 0.034 | −1.440 |
| North Khorasan | 1.887 | 2.319 | 5.464 | 3.408 | 2.374 | 3.970 | 6.288 | 9.284 |
| Qom | 0.205 | 0.249 | 0.499 | 0.206 | −0.017 | −0.171 | 0.043 | −1.069 |
| Razavi Khorasan | 8.483 | 6.609 | 7.047 | 5.669 | 11.154 | 7.695 | 4.902 | 6.458 |
| Semnan | 0.473 | 0.420 | 0.203 | 0.596 | 0.367 | 0.572 | 0.313 | 0.935 |
| Sistan & Baluchestan | 1.306 | 2.872 | 5.365 | 7.066 | 4.665 | 6.105 | 4.930 | 4.846 |
| South Khorasan | 2.223 | 0.273 | 1.655 | 1.838 | 1.182 | 0.328 | 1.578 | 4.691 |
| West Azarbaijan | 4.722 | 7.902 | 6.475 | 6.914 | 0.579 | 1.190 | −0.699 | −15.05 |
| Yazd | 0.005 | −0.011 | 0.073 | 0.144 | 0.004 | −0.009 | 0.162 | 0.369 |
| Zanjan | 0.480 | 3.250 | 4.322 | 2.491 | −0.263 | 1.800 | 2.677 | −0.002 |
Values are shown as percentages