  
<prompt> Infant and child mortality rates,2002
  
 [["", "Irbid ", "Jordan"], ["infant mortliy", 25, 24], ["Chiled mortality ", 6, 5], ["Under-five mortality", 31, 29]] 
 <response> Early childhood mortality rates overall are slightly higher in Irbid than Jordan;infant mortality rate in Irbid is 25,24  in Jordan,while under-five mortality rate is 31,compared to 29 overall. Unexpectedly,infant mortality is slightly lower among males than females (24 and 26 per 1,000 live births respectively).  