From: Trends and predictors of inequality in childhood stunting in Nepal from 1996 to 2016
 | Stunting (95% confidence intervals) | Absolute decline in stunting (percent points) | Percentage decline in stunting (%) | ||||||
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Average decline per year | Total decline | Average decline per year | Total decline | ||||||
1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 1996–2016 | 1996–2016 | 1996–2016 | 1996–2016 | |
First quintile (poorest) | 64.5 (61.4 to 67.7) | 67.6 (65.2 to 70.1) | 61.6 (58.7 to 64.5) | 56 (51.7 to 60.2) | 49.2 (44.8 to 53.6) | 0.8 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
Second quintile | 61 (57.3 to 64.7) | 61.3 (58.4 to 64.1) | 54.9 (51.3 to 58.4) | 45.7 (40.4 to 51.0) | 38.7 (34.0 to 43.3) | 1.1 | 22.3 | 2.2 | 36.6 |
Third quintile | 58.1 (54.3 to 62.0) | 54.3 (51.3 to 57.3) | 50.4 (46.6 to 54.1) | 34.5 (29.4 to 39.7) | 35.7 (31.1 to 40.3) | 1.1 | 22.4 | 2.4 | 38.6 |
Fourth quintile | 52.2 (48.4 to 55.9) | 53.1 (50.0 to 56.1) | 39.8 (36.1 to 43.4) | 30.5 (24.7 to 36.3) | 32.4 (27.5 to 37.4) | 1.0 | 19.8 | 2.4 | 37.9 |
Fifth quintile (richest) | 39.8 (35.5 to 44.0) | 42.1 (38.9 to 45.4) | 30.9 (26.9 to 35.1) | 25.8 (20.1 to 31.5) | 16.5 (11.7 to 21.3) | 1.2 | 23.3 | 4.3 | 58.5 |
Total stunting | 56.6 (54.9 to 58.2) | 57.2 (55.9 to 58.5) | 49.3 (47.7 to 50.9) | 40.5 (38.1 to 42.9) | 35.8 (33.7 to 38.0) | 1.0 | 20.8 | 2.3 | 36.7 |
Ratio of first to fifth quintile stunting | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Difference in first and fifth quintile stunting | 24.7 | 25.5 | 30.7 | 30.2 | 32.7 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Concentration index (95% confidence intervals) | −0.078 (− 0.094 to − 0.061) | − 0.083(− 0.095 to − 0.070) | − 0.125(− 0.143 to − 0.108) | − 0.164 (− 0.194 to − 0.134) | − 0.147(− 0.179 to − 0.114) |  |  |  |  |
Standard error of concentration index | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.009 | 0.015 | 0.017 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Normalized concentration indexa | − 0.178 | − 0.193 | − 0.247 | − 0.276 | − 0.228 |  |  |  |  |
Weighted N | 3703 | 6442 | 5258 | 2485 | 2421 | Â | Â | Â | Â |