Examining national and district-level trends in neonatal health in Peru through an equity lens: a success story driven by political will and societal advocacy

Table 3 Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) and coverage of NMR-related interventions in Peru by area of residence and wealth quintile over time

		Urban	95 % CI		P-value	Rural	95 % CI		P-value	Poorest quintile	95 % CI		P-value	Richest quintile	95 % CI		P-value
	Coverage in 2000 (%)	90.9	90.1	91.8		81.6	79.9	83.3		75.4	73.0	77.7		93.1	91.6	94.7
FPS	Annual rate of increase (%)^a	0.04	−0.06	0.14	NS	0.5	0.3	0.7	<0.001	0.9	0.6	1.2	<0.001	0.1	−0.08	0.3	NS
	Coverage in 2013 (%)	89.7	88.6	90.6		88.2	87.0	89.3		85.5	83.9	87.0		92.2	89.6	94.2
	Coverage in 2000 (%)	81.1	79.5	82.7		50.9	48.1	53.8		42.9	39.8	45.9		93.3	91.2	95.4
ANC	Annual rate of increase (%)^a	0.9	0.8	1.1	<0.001	2.5	2.2	2.9	<0.001	3.9	3.4	4.4	<0.001	0.4	0.2	0.6	<0.001
	Coverage in 2013 (%)	96.6	95.9	97.2		91.5	89.9	92.8		89.1	87.1	90.9		98.3	96.1	99.3
	Coverage in 2000 (%)	85.0	83.3	86.8		28.7	26.1	31.3		20.1	17.9	22.3		98.4	97.4	99.4
SBA	Annual rate of increase (%)^a	0.8	0.7	1.0	<0.001	6.9	6.0	7.8	<0.001	9.6	8.5	10.7	<0.001	−0.05	−0.01	−0.08	0.002
	Coverage in 2013 (%)	97.3	96.4	96.4		71.3	67.1	75.3		65.6	61.1	69.9		99.7	99.0	99.9
	Rate in 2000 (deaths/1,000)	15.1	12.4	17.9		31.0	27.6	34.4		30.9	26.7	35.2		9.8	4.0	15.5
NMR	Annual rate of reduction (%)^a	3.2	1.1	5.2	0.001	6.6	5.2	8.0	<0.001	5.9	4.2	7.6	<0.001	0.9	−6.0	7.3	NS
NMR	Rate in 2013 (deaths/1,000)	11.4	8.3	14.5		13.3	10.4	16.1		14.7	11.1	18.2		7.6	1.3	14.0

FPS family planning needs satisfied, ANC at least 4 antenatal care visits, SBA Skilled birth attendance
^aTaking into account all Demographic and Health Surveys from 2000 to 2013

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