A global study of the association of cesarean rate and the role of socioeconomic status in neonatal mortality rate in the current century

Table 4 The relationship between NMR and C/S rate in the six WHO regions

Regions	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Standard error	p-value^*
AFR	-0.75 (-1.28, -0.23)	0.26	0.005
AMR	0.06 (0.004, 0.13)	0.03	0.04
EMR	0.01 (-0.18, 0.21)	0.1	0.88
EUR	-0.12 (-0.16, -0.09)	0.02	< 0.001
SEAR	-0.41 (-0.72, -0.11)	0.15	0.01
WPR	-0.13 (-0.24, -0.02)	0.06	0.02

CI Confidence Interval, AFR Africa, AMR Americas, EMR Eastern Mediterranean, EUR Europe, SEAR South-East Asia, WPR Western Pacific
^*Refers to the relationship between NMR and C/S rate after adjusting for all other variables

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