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Table 2 Regression coefficients for models of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality rates in rural areas of Iran, 1995–2011

From: Impact of rural family physician program on child mortality rates in Iran: a time-series study

Variable

Neonatal mortality rate (NMR)

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

Under-5 mortality rate (U5MR)

Behvarz density

-0.108 (-2.09 – 1.87)

-0.021 (-0.13 – 0.08)

-0.012 (-0.11 – 0.09)

Effect of rural family physician program and social protection scheme

-0.906 (-1.94 – 0.13)

0.002 (-0.05 – 0.06)

0.006 (-0.04 – 0.06)

Annual incremental effect of rural family physician program and social protection scheme

-0.341* (-0.57 – -0.11)

-0.016* (-0.03 – -0.01)

-0.003 (-0.01 – 0.01)

Time effect

-0.231* (-0.39 – -0.07)

-0.034** (-0.04 – -0.03)

-0.040** (-0.05 – -0.03)

Years of schooling

0.237 (0.35 – 0.82)

0.024 (-0.01 – 0.06)

0.020 (-0.01 – 0.05)

Wealth index

-0.889* (-1.43 – -0.35)

-0.052** (-0.08 – -0.02)

-0.055** (-0.08 – -0.03)

Sex ratio

2.051 (-33.44 – 37.54)

0.904 (-0.99 – 2.80)

1.312 (-0.49 – 3.11)

Logarithmic scale of rural population size

-0.918 (-4.05 – 2.21)

-0.223* (-0.39 – 0.06)

-0.219* (-0.38 – -0.06)

  1. Regression coefficients are shown in values (95% confidence intervals). Superscript stars correspond to significance of calculated values: * shows p-values > 0.01, and ** shows p-values > 0.001. Data on average wealth status and years of schooling are collected from national survey of household expenditure and income by the Statistics Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran; other data are extracted from the vital horoscopes and DTARH studies