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Table 3 Changes in socioeconomic (poor:rich) inequalities in mortality for different ages

From: Does health intervention improve socioeconomic inequalities of neonatal, infant and child mortality? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh

Study area/mortality

Poor:Rich

Concentration Index

 

1983–5 (1)

1988–0 (2)

1993–5 (3)

1998–0 (4)

(4):(1) (% diff.)

1983–5 (6)

1988–0 (7)

1993–5 (8)

1998–0 (9)

(9):(6) (% diff.)

Neonatal:

          

   1:ICDDR,B

1.10

1.45

1.41

2.00

+81.8%

-0.068

-0.136

-0.088

-0.194

185.3%

   2:Government

1.04

1.29

1.53

1.63

+56.7%

-0.051

-0.099

-0.033

-0.090

76.5%

   Row 1-Row 2

    

+25.1

     

Infant:

          

   1:ICDDR,B

1.09

1.50

1.53

1.97

+80.7%

-0.081

-0.146

-0.107

-0.198

144.4%

   2:Government

1.25

1.29

1.54

1.96

+56.8%

-0.087

-0.099

-0.032

-0.199

128.7%

   Row 1-Row 2

    

+23.9

     

1–4 years

          

   1:ICDDR,B

2.29

2.17

2.03

1.13

-50.6%

-0.197

-0.216

-0.152

-0.090

-54.3%

   2:Government

1.72

2.67

2.12

4.36

+153.5%

-0.185

-0.241

-0.143

-0.208

12.4%

   Row 1-Row 2

    

-204.1

     

Under-5

          

   1:ICDDR,B

1.33

1.65

1.63

1.74

+30.8%

-0.114

-0.161

-0.118

-0.176

54.4%

   2:Government

1.40

1.56

1.69

2.28

+116.3%

-0.117

-0.136

-0.057

-0.138

17.9%

   Row 1-Row 2

    

-85.5

     
  1. Figures in bold preceded by a plus sign denote increases in inequality that were larger in the ICDDR,B area than in the government area. Minus signs before bold figures refer to inequality increases that were smaller (or decreases that were larger) in the ICDDR,B area