Socioeconomic inequalities in neonatal and postneonatal mortality: Evidence from rural Iran, 1998–2013

Table 1 Average levels of neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates and the covariates

Variables	1998–2001		2002–2005		2006–2009		2010–2013
Variables	Mean	S.E	Mean	S.E	Mean	S.E	Mean	S.E
Neonatal mortality rate	17.62	0.19	15.84	0.17	13.12	0.16	10.92	0.13
Postneonatal mortality rate	8.11	0.13	6.87	0.11	5.99	0.09	5.14	0.08
Percent of births with low birth weight	4.25	0.05	4.81	0.05	5.40	0.06	5.98	0.08
Percent of births happened in hospital	79.15	0.61	88.63	0.42	95.36	0.25	98.07	0.14
Mean age of mothers	26.10	0.03	26.26	0.02	26.58	0.02	26.96	0.02
Percent of households covered with insurance	29.84	0.66	29.75	0.62	81.35	0.62	90.04	0.39
Percent of households with men as the head	94.63	0.14	94.67	0.13	93.25	0.14	91.76	0.15
Percent of literate women (at reproductive age, 15–49)	66.88	0.51	74.58	0.46	79.22	0.36	82.01	0.33

Neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates are shown as the number of reported deaths per 1,000 live births. The proportion of infants classified as having low birth weight, being born in hospitals, being covered by health insurance, households headed by men, and literate women of reproductive age are shown as percentages. S.E: standard error of the mean

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