Table 1 Infant mortality rates in urban and rural areas of Shenyang during 1997–2014.

From: Different extent in decline of infant mortality by region and cause in Shenyang, China

Year

Urban and rural areas

Urban areas

Rural areas

Livebirths

No.

Rate*

Livebirths

No.

Rate*

Livebirths

No.

Rate*

1997

48628

462

9.50

30022

255

8.49

18606

207

11.13

1998

45881

425

9.26

27943

235

8.41

17938

190

10.59

1999

42474

374

8.81

26416

208

7.87

16058

166

10.34

2000

44245

409

9.24

28723

235

8.18

15522

114

7.34

2001

43244

397

9.18

28306

223

7.88

14938

174

11.65

2002

46163

424

9.18

30367

214

7.05

15796

210

13.29

2003

36015

356

9.88

15400

99

6.43

20615

257

12.47

2004

46240

360

7.79

28473

200

7.02

17767

160

9.01

2005

52972

448

8.46

22674

144

6.35

30298

304

10.03

2006

52237

420

8.04

22896

119

5.20

29341

301

10.26

2007

61111

471

7.71

30251

164

5.42

30860

307

9.95

2008

59163

350

5.92

30255

130

4.30

28908

220

7.61

2009

59232

281

4.74

32488

106

3.26

26744

175

6.54

2010

57523

283

4.92

34823

117

3.36

22700

166

7.31

2011

58303

268

4.60

37919

119

3.14

20384

149

7.31

2012

69469

259

3.73

49121

132

2.69

20348

127

6.24

2013

67856

272

4.01

49533

145

2.93

18323

127

6.93

2014

79827

251

3.14

61002

146

2.39

18825

105

5.58

Total

970583

6510

6.71

586612

2991

5.10

383971

3459

9.01

  1. *Infant mortality rates were expressed as per 1000 live births.