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Table 5 Under-5 mortality rates per wealth group and Relative Index of Inequality (RII)

From: Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  

Under-5 mortality rates (per 1,000 live births)

 

95% CI for RII

Country

Wealth Index

Poorest

Second

Middle

Fourth

Richest

RII

low

up

Bolivia

WB Index

135.1

106.0

93.4

39.8

32.2

6.30

4.76

8.34

 

Index 1

134.6

103.0

96.0

45.0

28.8

6.04

4.58

7.97

 

Index 2

130.1

99.3

94.2

44.1

32.7

5.89

4.43

7.83

 

Index 3

126.2

120.7

92.4

46.4

32.7

5.29 +

4.02

6.96

Brazil

WB Index

89.4

52.5

36.2

26.1

29.3

6.41

4.02

10.22

 

Index 1

88.3

49.4

36.6

27.2

33.0

5.55 +

3.51

8.78

 

Index 2

89.8

47.7

38.7

a

27.0

[5.60 +]

3.66

8.58

 

Index 3

90.6

47.5

38.7

a

26.8

[5.71 +]

3.73

8.74

Cameroon

WB Index

160.0

145.0

120.3

102.5

75.0

2.84

2.08

3.87

 

Index 1

174.9

144.4

113.1

95.4

72.4

3.34 +

2.41

4.61

 

Index 2

146.9

168.0

115.4

99.7

74.4

2.77

2.03

3.78

 

Index 3

a

140.2

130.6

78.3

75.8

2.78

2.02

3.82

Chad

WB Index

151.8

207.2

175.2

165.0

155.0

1.08

0.91

1.28

 

Index 1

146.8

186.4

232.5

154.4

153.7

1.00 ++

0.85

1.18

 

Index 2

b

184.6

b

157.3

133.9

[1.71 ++]

1.40

2.10

 

Index 3

b

184.2

b

157.4

132.4

[1.70 ++]

1.39

2.09

Indonesia

WB Index

97.9

67.1

58.0

44.2

25.6

4.65

3.55

6.09

 

Index 1

94.4

67.5

59.6

42.6

32.2

3.89 +

2.95

5.14

 

Index 2

89.7

75.3

62.8

37.1

31.5

3.90 +

3.03

5.03

 

Index 3

81.2

82.1

65.6

39.4

31.9

3.34 ++

2.61

4.28

Kenya

WB Index

128.0

120.9

79.3

72.9

54.6

3.29

2.43

4.46

 

Index 1

126.3

120.0

76.3

86.8

52.6

3.10

2.29

4.21

 

Index 2

112.0

141.6

87.8

106.6

52.3

[2.11 ++]

1.57

2.82

 

Index 3

112.3

141.1

84.8

104.9

53.1

[2.00 ++]

1.50

2.68

Malawi

WB Index

220.0

203.4

225.5

214.6

159.2

1.31

1.04

1.64

 

Index 1

193.4

228.9

233.4

216.5

157.3

1.17 ++

0.95

1.45

 

Index 2

259.2

211.5

183.9

211.1

172.0

[1.49 ++]

1.16

1.90

 

Index 3

257.5

211.2

a

167.0

176.1

[1.50 ++]

1.17

1.91

Pakistan

WB Index

116.2

133.8

120.7

110.5

68.7

1.80

1.37

2.37

 

Index 1

119.2

122.4

134.9

117.9

64.9

1.59 +

1.22

2.08

 

Index 2

126.6

117.9

134.8

113.8

69.2

[1.83 ]

1.39

2.42

 

Index 3

118.3

b

133.3

99.3

71.7

[1.61 +]

1.22

2.13

Tanzania

WB Index

124.2

162.1

125.7

136.2

85.5

1.48

1.20

1.83

 

Index 1

121.4

157.9

151.3

121.1

86.0

1.49

1.21

1.82

 

Index 2

149.6

b

133.5

115.4

102.5

[1.91 ++]

1.51

2.41

 

Index 3

b

149.3

132.3

105.7

106.9

[1.82 ++]

1.44

2.30

Uganda

WB Index

162.7

132.8

136.0

134.6

95.7

1.72

1.38

2.15

 

Index 1

157.4

145.3

133.6

129.3

98.5

1.76

1.41

2.19

 

Index 2

157.6

144.3

136.3

126.9

99.9

1.77

1.42

2.21

 

Index 3

157.6

144.2

135.2

130.3

98.9

1.76

1.41

2.20

  1. Notes: [] RII's in parentheses indicate that results may be an artefact due to combination of population heaping and a non-linear association of under-5 mortality with wealth; a rates are not shown due to small sample size (smaller then 500), referring to the denominator, i.e. live births during the last 10 years preceding the survey; b empty cell due to heaping (see Table 2); + 10–30% change in RII compared to the WB index; ++ >30% change in RII compared to WB index
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