Inequality of obstetric and gynaecological workforce distribution in China

Ren, Zhenghong; Song, Peige; Chang, Xinlei; Wang, Jiawen; An, Lin

doi:10.1186/s12939-017-0716-6

Table 1 Gini coefficients and Theil L indexes of different indicators in the three regions

From: Inequality of obstetric and gynaecological workforce distribution in China

Workforce	Variable	Gini coefficient				Theil L index
Workforce	Variable	East	Central	West	National	East	Central	West	National	Inner-Region (%)	Inter-Region (%)
OB/GYN doctor	/10,000 population	0.191	0.101	0.234	0.209	0.028	0.007	0.048	0.034	0.026(76.97)	0.008(23.03)
	/10,000 women ≥ 15 years	0.197	0.108	0.231	0.212	0.030	0.008	0.046	0.036	0.027(76.07)	0.009(23.93)
	/10,000 women aged 15–49 years	0.203	0.111	0.236	0.217	0.033	0.009	0.045	0.037	0.028(76.74)	0.009(23.26)
	/1000 live births	0.205	0.105	0.305	0.238	0.031	0.008	0.071	0.042	0.034(81.16)	0.008(18.84)
	/square kilometre	0.374	0.269	0.770	0.670	0.154	0.066	0.566	0.495	0.405(81.95)	0.089(18.05)
OB/GYN nurse	/10,000 population	0.248	0.086	0.136	0.194	0.044	0.006	0.016	0.030	0.024(88.76)	0.003(11.24)
	/10,000 women ≥ 15 years	0.248	0.085	0.120	0.192	0.044	0.006	0.013	0.028	0.024(87.41)	0.003(12.59)
	/10,000 women aged 15–49 years	0.260	0.089	0.116	0.199	0.048	0.006	0.014	0.030	0.026(88.25)	0.003(11.75)
	/1000 live births	0.262	0.092	0.237	0.226	0.053	0.006	0.042	0.038	0.034(90.60)	0.004(9.40)
	/square kilometre	0.460	0.269	0.736	0.673	0.221	0.067	0.483	0.472	0.361(76.39)	0.111(23.61)
Midwife	/10,000 population	0.264	0.149	0.220	0.238	0.054	0.040	0.037	0.048	0.045(94.39)	0.003(5.61)
	/10,000 women ≥ 15 years	0.273	0.162	0.225	0.244	0.057	0.046	0.038	0.050	0.048(95.73)	0.002(4.27)
	/10,000 women aged 15–49 years	0.276	0.157	0.205	0.238	0.058	0.043	0.031	0.049	0.046(95.37)	0.002(4.63)
	/1000 live births	0.220	0.122	0.238	0.225	0.038	0.022	0.041	0.039	0.033(85.57)	0.006(14.43)
	/square kilometre	0.304	0.259	0.687	0.649	0.079	0.173	0.409	0.454	0.314(69.28)	0.139(30.72)
OB/GYN workforce	/10,000 population	0.196	0.086	0.169	0.182	0.029	0.005	0.024	0.071	0.020(81.98)	0.004(18.02)
	/10,000 women ≥ 15 years	0.200	0.094	0.167	0.185	0.030	0.007	0.022	0.026	0.021(81.37)	0.005(18.63)
	/10,000 women aged 15–49 years	0.461	0.096	0.153	0.187	0.033	0.007	0.021	0.026	0.022(81.97)	0.005(18.03)
	/1000 live births	0.198	0.082	0.250	0.206	0.031	0.005	0.045	0.031	0.026(83.64)	0.005(16.36)
	/square kilometre	0.383	0.259	0.744	0.661	0.143	0.068	0.503	0.469	0.363(77.53)	0.105(22.47)

Note: The three regions (East, Central and West) were categorised according to the China Health and Family Planning Yearbook [31]

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