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Table 3 Health service utilization 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

     

Wealth Quintile

   

Health indicators

 

Rural

Urban

Urban/Rural Ratio

Lowest

Second

Middle

Fourth

Highest

Total

High/Low Ratio

Concentration Index (CI)

Births assisted by skilled birth attendant (%)

2006

37.3

80

2.1

28.4

31.7

35

49.1

76.6

42.1

2.7

0.19

2011

52.8

89.1

1.7

43.5

48.9

54.4

59.6

88.4

58

2.0

0.12

2016

70

89.9

1.3

64.3

64.3

71.7

79.3

94.1

74.2

1.5

-0.72

Births delivered in health facility (%)

2006

36.3

78.7

2.2

27.4

30.9

33.9

47.9

75.5

41.1

2.8

0.20

2011

52

89.5

1.7

42.2

48.9

54.4

58.4

87.7

57.4

2.1

0.12

2016

69.5

87.8

1.3

64.2

63.1

70.7

79

92.7

73.4

1.4

-0.72

Births delivered in government health facility (%)

2006

25.6

57

2.2

21.3

23.1

25.1

32.2

50

29.1

2.3

0.17

2011

40.8

63.5

1.6

37.2

39.1

43.6

42.7

59.7

44

1.6

0.08

2016

55.7

63.2

1.1

56

53.1

58

59.7

60.4

57.3

1.1

-0.78

Children 12–23 months fully immunized (%)

2006

45.7

51.1

1.1

41.4

45.0

48.2

49.3

47.9

46.2

1.2

0.03

2011

50.2

60.8

1.2

50.6

51.4

48.7

52.6

54.9

51.6

1.1

0.01

2016

54.5

55.5

1.0

56.1

54.7

55.9

55.2

54.3

55.2

1.0

-0.77

Children under five years with diarrhea that received medical treatment (%)

2006

70.3

68.9

1.0

77.6

69.6

61.3

67.8

70.5

70.2

0.9

-0.03

2011

72.7

70.2

1.0

73.7

72.5

74.4

72.7

67.1

72.4

0.9

-0.02

2016

70.6

70.2

1.0

73.5

69.6

69.3

68.2

70.8

70.5

1.0

-0.85

Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)

2006

15.1

36.5

2.4

7.2

12.1

13.1

20.3

37.9

17.9

5.3

0.09

2011

23.4

39.2

1.7

12.7

21.2

24.7

31.0

39.1

26.0

3.1

0.20

2016

33.0

40.7

1.2

22.4

32.2

35.9

40.2

42.2

34.8

1.9

-0.67

Children under five years with ARI, that received medical treatment (%)

2006

73.7

68.3

0.9

79.5

67.7

69.8

72.8

77.5

73.3

1.0

-0.01

2011

78.4

80.8

1.0

77.8

78.9

78.1

77.2

82.3

78.7

1.1

0.00

2016

80.0

82.6

1.0

79.7

77.6

78.2

84.5

85.8

80.4

1.1

-0.86

Antenatal visits to a trained personnel (%)

2006

93

97.2

1.0

93.2

92.3

92.9

93.2

96.4

93.5

1.0

0.00

2011

94.4

97.4

1.0

93.9

94.5

94.3

94.5

97.1

94.9

1.0

-0.08

2016

97.1

98.1

1.0

96.0

96.9

98.3

97.3

98.1

97.3

1.0

-0.79

Insecticide-treated net (ITN) use in Children under 5 years (%)

2006

8.3

21.3

2.6

10.7

9.7

4.9

8.8

15.4

9.7

1.4

0.04

2011

41.9

48.9

1.2

44.8

40.7

39

41.3

48.6

42.2

1.1

0.01

2016

67.0

60.8

0.9

57.8

58.2

59.1

64.3

72.8

62

1.3

-0.77

Children under five years with fever that received medical treatment (%)

2006

74.5

76.8

1.0

78.1

72.0

72.0

72.3

80.0

74.7

1.0

0.00

2011

79.2

87.2

1.1

78.8

79.1

82.3

77.6

84.5

80.1

1.1

0.01

2016

55.0

47.3

0.9

46.6

45.3

45.3

49.4

62.8

48.4

1.3

-0.84