Fig. 2.
Trends in neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality rates in rural areas of Iran, 1995–2011. Neonatal (a), infant (b), and under-5 (c) mortality rates in rural areas of Iran, with respect to the launch of the rural family physician and social protection program (the vertical dashed line) are shown in the graphs. A fitted line with its confidence interval is also shown in each figure to present the trend of values in the time period. Data pertaining to 2007 were excluded from the analysis due to inconsistency