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Table 2 Proportion of births, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates, and ranking of provinces on the basis of wealth index in rural regions of Iran

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

Provinces

1998–2001

2002–2005

2006–2009

2010–2013

Wealth Rank

Proportion of births

NMR

PNMR

Proportion of births

NMR

PNMR

Proportion of births

NMR

PNMR

Proportion of births

NMR

PNMR

Alborz

0.56

12.92

5.71

0.68

9.36

4.4

0.49

8.72

5.18

0.32

6.74

2.11

1

Tehran

1.34

10.53

4.38

1.54

7.05

3.38

1.99

4.43

2.63

1.06

3.79

2.84

2

Yazd

1.09

14.24

6.24

0.96

12.97

6.13

0.77

10.06

5.42

0.76

9.57

3.63

3

Mazandaran

5.32

13.63

4.67

5.33

10.87

3.66

4.79

8.91

3.46

4.77

7.09

2.71

4

Isfahan

4.36

17.63

6.19

3.43

15.18

5.32

2.83

11.36

4.94

2.55

8.93

3.44

5

Semnan

0.61

17.01

8.26

0.56

17.04

7.01

0.49

13.2

6.53

0.49

14.2

6.07

6

Bushehr

1.77

20.14

6.23

1.61

18.77

4.83

1.63

14.23

4.58

1.63

11.27

4.4

7

Qom

0.3

17.73

5.32

0.22

11.15

5.23

0.2

12.3

4.21

0.24

6.09

3.32

8

Qazvin

1.42

15.52

7.55

1.44

16.32

5.95

1.4

12.91

4.32

1.42

9.35

4.39

9

Golestan

4.08

18.16

9.59

4.38

17.49

7.02

5.43

11.64

5.54

5.37

9.62

4.52

10

Markazi

1.88

17.05

4.89

1.62

13.02

5.42

1.71

9.24

4.25

1.35

8.74

2.83

11

Fars

7.46

17.56

6.68

7.69

14.6

5.75

8.03

10.79

4.57

7.36

10.06

3.97

12

Gilan

5.09

16.18

4.35

4.37

15.72

3.7

3.07

12.69

3.47

2.8

10.48

2.46

13

Zanjan

1.7

18.23

8.29

2.28

16.71

5.99

1.97

15.11

5.26

1.97

9.46

4.01

14

Khuzestan

7.06

16.49

9.86

7.24

16.3

7.84

7.61

13.76

5.57

6.83

12.14

5.44

15

East Azarbaijan

5.67

17.71

7.59

5.7

13.77

6.63

5.19

10.44

5.2

5.45

6.96

4.62

16

Hamedan

3.77

17.61

8.04

3.61

17.02

6.1

3.28

12.1

4.65

3.42

12.26

3.93

17

West Azarbaijan

6.05

17.07

9.82

6.27

16.08

7.12

5.67

13.04

5.34

6.21

10.08

3.64

18

Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari

2.3

18.23

7.49

2.23

15.96

5.59

2.49

13.1

4.95

2.52

10.58

3.69

19

Ardebil

2.34

20.38

8.82

2.4

16.86

6.53

2.1

13.29

6.57

2.14

9.71

3.7

20

Ilam

0.86

17.87

6.69

0.94

12.93

5.45

1.12

12.1

4.78

0.82

11.48

4.35

21

Hormozgan

3.56

17.85

9.78

3.76

17.91

7.15

3.83

13.96

6.24

4.25

13.4

5.62

22

Razavi Khorasan

8.8

18.3

11.76

8.34

16.46

7.98

8.76

14.12

6.06

9.4

10.92

5.24

23

Kermanshah

2.63

22.41

8.03

2.68

17.51

5.73

2.42

15.06

5.07

2.46

13.85

4.79

24

North Khorasan

1.73

22.55

17.44

1.46

19.52

11.81

2.04

15.57

9.88

1.94

11.22

7.88

25

Kurdistan

2.91

27.15

9.16

2.94

22.62

5.55

2.63

16.07

4.76

2.54

11.84

4.03

26

Kerman

3.91

15.82

9.47

3.57

13.91

8.31

4.34

12.13

5.75

4.89

10.9

5.25

27

Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad

1.87

18.74

11.45

1.88

16.94

7.57

1.86

11.82

5.96

1.57

10.13

4.55

28

South Khorasan

1.45

21.91

15.24

1.2

20.49

10.79

1.17

17.74

8.76

1.35

14.45

7.08

29

Lorestan

2.99

21.09

7.78

3.23

20.47

6.3

3.17

12.84

5.22

3.44

10.51

4.07

30

Sistan & Baluchestan

5.12

18.61

19.14

6.45

18.47

13.62

7.53

15.09

10.52

8.69

12.79

8.27

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  1. Proportions of births are shown as percentages, whereas neonatal (NMR) and postneonatal (PNMR) mortality rates are presented as numbers of deaths per 1,000 live births. Wealth indices were used to sort the provinces on the basis of their wealth status