Neonatal Death and National Income in Developing Countries: Will Economic Growth Reduce Deaths in the First Month of Life?
Table 3
Results of multivariate multiple regression using natural log of change in GNI over time as the independent variable (and dummy variables for region) and the natural log of the change in NMR, PNMR, and ECMR as dependent variables.
Coefficient
value
Confidence interval
Log of difference in NMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.29
0.02
−0.53
−0.06
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.26
0.25
−0.19
0.71
South/South East Asia
0.29
0.15
−0.11
0.68
Latin America/Caribbean
0.01
0.98
−0.40
0.41
Constant
−0.39
0.04
−0.77
−0.01
Log of difference in PNMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.48
0.00
−0.76
−0.20
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.01
0.98
−0.53
0.55
South/South East Asia
0.16
0.50
−0.32
0.63
Latin America/Caribbean
−0.21
0.39
−0.70
0.27
Constant
−0.41
0.07
−0.87
0.04
Log of difference in ECMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.53
0.03
−1.00
−0.06
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.26
0.25
−0.19
0.71
South/South East Asia
0.29
0.15
−0.11
0.68
Latin America/Caribbean
0.01
0.98
−0.40
0.41
Constant
−0.39
0.04
−0.77
−0.01
Data sources: mortality rates were taken from Demographic and Household surveys (DHS) and GNI adjusted to constant 2010 US dollars were taken from the World Bank Database.
