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

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

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