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Table 2 Inequality in specific cause of mortality and morbidity by quintile

From: Socioeconomic inequality in child injury in Bangladesh – implication for developing countries

Category

Mortality

Morbidity

 

Q1

Q3

Q5

Q1/Q5

CI

SE (CI)

t-value

Q1

Q3

Q5

Q1/Q5

CI

SE (CI)

t-value

Broad category

              

Infection

43.8

18.0

7.9

5.6

-.40***

0.08

-5.0

21.8

17.8

18.3

1.2

-.03

0.02

-1.5

NCD

39.3

21.4

7.1

5.5

-.32**

0.13

-3.1

22.7

21.0

14.3

1.6

-.08**

0.04

-2.2

Injury

40.0

21.7

6.7

6.0

-.26**

0.06

-3.2

23.9

22.4

14.0

1.7

-.09**

0.04

-2.2

Leading causes

              

Pneumonia

50.0

11.1

8.3

6.0

-.34***

0.07

-5.2

20.4

20.3

18.8

1.1

0.0

0.02

0.1

Diarrhoea

50.0

10.0

10.0

5.0

-.33**

0.11

-3.0

29.0

14.5

13.5

2.1

-.13**

0.05

-2.3

Drowning

39.6

22.6

5.7

7.0

-.28**

0.11

-2.6

31.3

22.7

8.2

3.8

-.21**

0.08

-2.7

Total

41.8

19.8

7.3

5.7

-.32**

0.07

-4.2

22.5

19.3

16.8

1.4

-.05**

0.02

-2.6

  1. NCD = Non-communicable Disease; Q1 = Poorest quintile; Q3 = Middle quintile; Q5 = Richest quintile; CI = Concentration Index; SE = Standard Error; *<.10;**P < .05; ***P < .01