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Table 2 Trends in the Concentration Index of Child Undernutrition

From: Trends and determinants of inequities in childhood stunting in Bangladesh from 1996/7 to 2014

BDHS

Rate (percent)/Mean

Concentration Index (C)

Standard Error (of C)

95% Confidence Interval

Normalized Conc. Index

Lower

Upper

Stunting

 1996/97

60.0

−0.077

0.007

−0.091

−0.063

−0.193

 1999/00

51.2

−0.113

0.008

−0.128

−0.098

−0.232

 2004

50.5

−0.114

0.007

−0.128

−0.099

−0.230

 2007

43.0

−0.131

0.009

−0.148

−0.113

−0.229

 2011

41.2

−0.133

0.008

−0.148

−0.118

−0.226

 2014

36.1

−0.162

0.009

−0.180

−0.145

−0.254

Severe Stunting

 1996/97

33.6

−0.118

0.011

−0.140

−0.096

−0.178

 1999/00

23.5

−0.194

0.013

−0.220

−0.168

−0.254

 2004

21.9

−0.200

0.013

−0.226

−0.174

−0.256

 2007

15.9

−0.207

0.017

−0.240

−0.173

−0.246

 2011

15.2

−0.229

0.015

−0.258

−0.200

−0.270

 2014

11.6

−0.224

0.018

−0.259

−0.188

−0.253

(Negative) Height-for-age z score

 1996/97

2.33

−0.070

0.006

−0.081

−0.059

-

 1999/00

2.03

−0.090

0.005

−0.101

−0.080

-

 2004

1.98

−0.091

0.005

−0.101

−0.081

-

 2007

1.75

−0.093

0.006

−0.105

−0.081

-

 2011

1.67

−0.119

0.006

−0.131

−0.108

-

 2014

1.54

−0.114

0.006

−0.126

−0.102

-

  1. Note: Estimates are based on BDHS data. Normalization of C involves dividing the concentration index by (1-rate)