Table 4 Infant mortality rates specific to CCHD by some sociodemographic characteristics, Türkiye, 2018–2021

Gender

Male

2,380,005

22,697

2301

95.4^a

9.7^a

Female

2,259,440

18,783

1782

83.1^b

7.9^b

Maternal age at birth (years)

< 20

199,991

2551

189

127.6^a

9.5^a

20–34

3,657,162

30,725

2946

84.0^b

8.1^b

≥ 35

737,521

8089

948

109.7^c

12.9^c

Maternal education

Secondary school and below

2,328,059

25,659

2529

110.2^a

10.9^a

High school and above

2,182,849

13,570

1453

62.2^b

6.7^b

Parity

Nulliparity

1,679,472

11,803

1051

70.3^a

6.3^a

Multiparity

2,915,233

28,116

2994

96.4^b

10.3^b

Number of fetuses in pregnancy

Singular

4,469,509

34,558

3852

77.3^a

8.6^a

Twin/triplet

143,729

5747

215

399.8^b

15.0^b

Gestational age (w)**

≥ 37

1,879,157

6989

1333

37.2^a

7.1^a

< 37

246,561

12,269

605

497.6^b

24.5^b

Birth weight (gr)**

≥ 2500

1,954,493

7089

1302

36.3^a

6.7^a

< 2500

171,117

12,116

636

708.1^b

37.2^b

Mode of delivery **

Normal

831,886

5279

612

63.5^a

7.4^a

Cesarean

1,294,598

13,053

1325

100.8^b

10.2^b

Regions

West

1,683,392

11,975

1417

71.1^a

8.4

South

590,105

5090

533

86.3^b

9.0

Central

840,496

6562

766

78.1^c

9.1

North

234,738

1664

201

70.9^a

8.6

East

1,290,714

16,199

1166

125.5^d

9.0