Table 1

Infant and neonatal mortality rates, Palermo and Messina districts, 2004-2006

Year

Messina

Palermo

IMR Ratio Messina/Palermo

95% CI

p-value

IMR

2004

6.1

3.9

1.5

1.0 - 2.4

2005

6.8

4.0

1.7

1.1 - 2.6

2006

4.9

3.1

1.6

0.1 - 2.6

2004-2006

5.9

3.7

1.6

1.2 - 2.1

0.0001

Year

Neonatal Mortality

2004

5.0

2.9

1.7

1.1 - 2.8

2005

5.5

2.5

2.2

1.3 - 3.6

2006

3.5

2.3

1.5

0.9 - 2.7

2004-2006

4.7

2.6

1.8

1.4 - 2.4

<0.0001*

Year

Post Neonatal Mortality

2004

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.4 - 2.7

2005

1.3

1.5

0.9

0.4 - 2.1

2006

1.4

0.8

1.8

0.7 - 4.7

2004-2006

1.3

1.1

1.1

0.7 - 1.9

>0.05*

*Differential Messina-Palermo period 2004-2006

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