International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Inequality indicators of the distribution of RHHs, Deaths and Births in rural area of Iran

From: Geographic distribution of need and access to health care in rural population: an ecological study in Iran

Variable	Total sample
	2006			2009
	Gini coefficient	Index of Dissimilarity	Decile ratio	Gini coefficient	Index of Dissimilarity	Decile ratio
RHH^a	0.125	9% (1505)	2.38	0.133	10% (1670)	2.58
Death	0.260	18% (27335)	6.70	0.206	14% (18887)	3.70
Birth	0.158	11% (43732)	2.58	0.141	10% (40338)	2.61
	Outliers excluding sample ^b
RHH^a	0.126	9% (1435)	2.59	0.135	10% (1602)	2.58
Death	0.185	12% (15189)	4.75	0.177	12% (14815)	3.19
Birth	0.162	11% (42991)	2.96	0.143	10% (38860)	2.70

a Rural health house
b Three provinces (Hormozgan, Semnan and South Khorasan) were excluded as outliers.

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