Table 5

All cause mortality rates per 1,000 and Rate Ratios among residents of Mogilev Oblast, Belarus, 1980–2000, Rate Ratios by Sex, Age at Death, and Time Period.


Male
Female

Age at death (Time Period)
Num+
Rate++
RR* (95% CI)**
Num+
Rate
RR* (95% CI)**

Infant (<1 Year)

1980–1985
1189
19.08

770
12.94

1986–1991
781
12.96
0.68 (0.62–0.74)
551
9.54
0.74 (0.66–0.83)
1992–2000
818
13.78
0.72 (0.67–0.81)
563
10.09
0.78 (0.70–0.87)

Neonatal (0–28 days)

1980–1985
559
8.97

331
5.56

1986–1991
423
7.02
0.78 (0.69–0.88)
289
5.01
0.90 (0.77–1.05)
1992–2000
481
8.10
0.90 (0.80–1.02)
318
5.70
1.03(0.88–1.20)

Postneonatal (29–364 days)

1980–1985
630
10.11

439
7.38

1986–1991
358
5.94
0.59 (0.52–0.67)
262
4.54
0.62 (0.53–0.72)
1992–2000
337
5.68
0.56 (0.50–0.65)
245
4.39
0.59 (0.50–0.68)

+Num = number of deaths. ++mortality rate per 1,000 live births. *RR = rate ratio relative to 1980–1985 time period. **95% Confidence Interval.

Zichittella et al. BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-4-3