table gives an overview of early childhood mortality rates in jordan by time interval prior to the survey while underfive mortality has declined steadily over the three fiveyear periods prior to the survey from to per live births this was mainly owing to similar declines in infant mortality child mortality in contrast has not moved much over time hovering around or per live births in turn the decline in infant mortality seems to have been driven mostly by the decrease in postneonatal mortality whereas neonatal mortality rates have not followed a clear time trend