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Table 2 Health status metrics and associated quintile ratios, and concentration indices

From: Trends in inequality in maternal and child health and health care in Uganda: Analysis of the Uganda demographic and health surveys

 

Geographical location

Wealth Quintiles

 

Health indicators

 

Rural

Urban

Low/High Ratio

Lowest

Second

Middle

Fourth

Highest

Total

Low/High Ratio

Concentration Index (CI)

Infant Mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

2006

88

68

1.3

102

92

87

80

63

76

1.6

-0.09

2011

66

54

1.2

76

69

64

63

48

54

1.6

-0.08

2016

57

36

1.6

56

50

44

48

39

43

1.4

-0.05

Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

2006

153

114

1.3

172

157

155

140

108

137

1.6

-0.08

2011

111

77

1.4

123

125

100

104

72

90

1.7

-0.10

2016

68

52

1.3

88

79

73

69

53

64

1.7

-0.09

Stunting among children under age 5 (%)

2006

39.5

25.5

1.5

43.4

38.0

44.4

37.6

24.3

38

1.8

-0.07

2011

35.6

18.6

1.9

37.3

30.9

45.0

30.5

20.8

33.4

1.8

-0.07

2016

30.2

23.5

1.3

32.3

33.2

33.0

27.2

16.7

28.9

1.9

-0.09

Underweight among children

under age five (%)

2006

16.5

10.6

1.6

20.6

15.6

17.0

16.5

8.4

15.9

2.5

-0.07

2011

14.9

6.6

2.3

18.1

14.3

17.3

9.5

8.4

13.8

2.2

-0.14

2016

11.2

7.5

1.5

15.0

11.5

11.6

8.6

4.4

10.5

3.4

-0.19

Anemia among children under age five (%)

2006

74.3

56.6

1.3

79.7

74.8

73.3

72.3

60.5

72.6

1.3

-0.04

2011

50.9

38

1.3

59

51.7

51

42.8

38.2

49.3

1.5

-0.08

2016

54

47.7

1.1

65.6

54.4

48.7

48.5

44.8

52.8

1.5

-0.08

Diarrhea among children under age five (%)

2006

26.5

19.7

1.3

33.7

27.2

23.6

23.6

18.1

25.8

1.9

-0.11

2011

23.7

21.8

1.1

28.8

25.2

21.8

20.6

19.5

23.4

1.5

-0.08

2016

20.2

17

1.2

22.2

21

19.2

18.1

16.5

19.5

1.3

-0.05

ARI among children under

age five (%)

2006

15

10.7

1.4

18.7

16.8

13.8

12.2

8.9

14.5

2.1

-0.13

2011

15.2

13

1.2

20.1

16.5

12.6

12.1

11.9

14.8

1.7

-0.11

2016

10.1

7.1

1.4

12.7

10.5

9

8.3

5.5

9.3

2.3

-0.14

Fever among children under

age five (%)

2006

43

25

1.7

48.3

44.7

37.1

39.2

32.5

40.9

1.5

-0.06

2011

42.1

30.3

1.4

49.8

42.6

36.8

40.7

30.3

40.4

1.6

-0.09

2016

36.4

22

1.7

43.9

37

32.6

31.2

19.6

33.3

2.2

-0.13

Mothers’ low BMI

2006

13.5

5.9

2.3

23.2

15.1

12.3

8.6

5.9

12.1

3.9

-0.26

2011

12.9

7.6

1.7

22.8

18.3

9

7.6

5.9

11.7

3.9

-0.29

2016

9.3

6.9

1.3

16.9

10.9

8.9

5.4

4.3

8.7

3.9

-0.28