Neonatal Death and National Income in Developing Countries: Will Economic Growth Reduce Deaths in the First Month of Life?
Table 2
Results for multivariate multiple regression using natural log of gross national income (GNI) per capita as independent variable (with dummy variables for region) and natural log of neonatal, postneonatal, and early childhood mortality rates (NMR, PNMR, and ECMR) as dependent variable.
Coefficient
value
Confidence interval
Log of NMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.09
0.10
−0.19
0.02
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.57
0.00
0.26
0.87
South/South East Asia
0.33
0.07
−0.03
0.69
Latin America/Caribbean
0.00
1.00
−0.33
0.33
Constant
3.44
0.00
2.67
4.21
Log of PNMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.21
0.01
−0.35
−0.07
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.99
0.00
0.58
1.40
South/South East Asia
0.12
0.61
−0.37
0.61
Latin America/Caribbean
0.10
0.66
−0.35
0.55
Constant
3.84
0.00
2.79
4.89
Log of ECMR ()
Log of GNI
−0.25
0.01
−0.43
−0.07
West/central Asia, North Africa, and Europe (reference)
Sub-Saharan Africa
1.96
0.00
1.43
2.48
South/South East Asia
0.69
0.03
0.06
1.33
Latin America/Caribbean
0.33
0.26
−0.25
0.91
Constant
3.41
0.00
2.05
4.77
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.
