The comparing of infant mortality rate in different World Health Organization regions during 1990–2017

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Table 3 The result of Scheffé post hoc test in comparison to the infant mortality rate in different WHO regions during 1990–2017

(I) WHO region	(J) WHO region	Mean difference (I − J)	Std. error	P	95% confidence interval
(I) WHO region	(J) WHO region	Mean difference (I − J)	Std. error	P	Lower bound	Upper bound
Africa	Americas	60.49^a	3.38	< 0.001	49.07	71.91
	Southeast Asia	25.96^a	3.38	< 0.001	14.54	37.38
	Europe	65.24^a	3.38	< 0.001	53.82	76.66
	Eastern Mediterranean	24.91^a	3.38	< 0.001	13.49	36.33
	Western Pacific	57.07^a	3.38	< 0.001	45.65	68.49
Americas	Southeast Asia	− 34.52^a	3.38	< 0.001	− 45.94	− 23.10
	Europe	4.74	3.38	< 0.001	− 6.67	16.16
	Eastern Mediterranean	− 35.58^a	3.38	< 0.001	− 47.00	− 24.16
	Western Pacific	− 3.42	3.38	.960	− 14.84	7.99
Southeast Asia	Europe	39.27^a	3.38	< 0.001	27.85	50.69
	Eastern Mediterranean	− 1.05	3.38	1.000	− 12.47	10.36
	Western Pacific	31.10^a	3.38	< 0.001	19.68	42.52
Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	− 40.33^a	3.38	< 0.001	− 51.75	− 28.91
Europe	Western Pacific	− 8.17	3.38	.330	− 19.59	3.24
Eastern Mediterranean	Western Pacific	32.16^a	3.38	< 0.001	20.74	43.58