IMR in different genders in rural China
| 1996–2000 | 2001–2005 | 2006–2008 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Live births | Infant death | IMR* | RR† (95% CI) male: female | RR‡ (95% CI) | Live births | Infant death | IMR* | RR† (95% CI) male: female | RR‡ (95% CI) | Live births | Infant death | IMR* | RR† (95% CI) male: female | RR‡ (95% CI) |
| Female | |||||||||||||||
| Coastal | 26271 | 457 | 17.4 | 1 | 1 | 28865 | 350 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 22144 | 165 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Inland | 44770 | 1530 | 34.2 | 1 | 2.0 (1.8 to 2.2) | 48065 | 1023 | 21.3 | 1 | 1.8 (1.6 to 2.0) | 37938 | 488 | 12.9 | 1 | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1) |
| Remote | 37778 | 1815 | 48.0 | 1 | 2.8 (2.5 to 3.1) | 33064 | 1166 | 35.3 | 1 | 2.9 (2.6 to 3.3) | 22018 | 525 | 23.8 | 1 | 3.2 (2.7 to 3.8) |
| Male | |||||||||||||||
| Coastal | 30265 | 627 | 20.7 | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) | 1 | 33875 | 360 | 10.6 | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.0) | 1 | 25796 | 210 | 8.1 | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) | 1 |
| Inland | 51101 | 1663 | 32.5 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.0) | 1.6 (1.4 to 1.7) | 57775 | 1218 | 21.1 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 2.0 (1.8 to 2.2) | 44892 | 670 | 14.9 | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.3) | 1.8 (1.6 to 2.1) |
| Remote | 41210 | 2050 | 49.7 | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1) | 2.4 (2.2 to 2.6) | 37273 | 1411 | 37.9 | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2) | 3.6 (3.2 to 4.0) | 24965 | 600 | 24.0 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 3.0 (2.5 to 3.5) |
Thirty-three live births and 14 infant deaths were excluded due to the missed gender information.
↵* IMR was calculated as the number of infant deaths (<1 year) per 1000 live births.
↵† RR of male IMR relative to the female IMR within the same region.
↵‡ RR of IMR in the remote or inland region relative to the IMR of the same gender in coastal region.
IMR, infant mortality.