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Table 1 Concentration indices of child health outcomes 2003-2007

From: The impact of primary healthcare in reducing inequalities in child health outcomes, Bogotá – Colombia: an ecological analysis

Variables

CI 2003

Standard error

CI 2007

Standard error

Change 2007-2003

Under-5 mortality rate

−0.073*

0.014

−0.032*

0.014

0.041

Infant mortality rate

−0.087*

0.014

−0.038*

0.015

0.049

Acute malnutrition children under -5

−0.128*

0.005

−0.034*

0.007

0.094

Vaccination coverage for DPT ±

0.050*

0.004

−0.007*

0.003

−0.057

  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.005).
  2. ± Signs of values and interpretation of the CI are opposite because this is a favorable health condition.
  3. (This principle of interpretation is used elsewhere in accordance with the original methodology [28]).