Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in stunting prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: differences between quintiles and deciles

Flores-Quispe, Maria del Pilar; Restrepo-Méndez, María Clara; Maia, Maria Fátima S.; Ferreira, Leonardo Z.; Wehrmeister, Fernando C.

doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1046-7

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Trends in national and by wealth stunting prevalence in under five children in LAC countries

From: Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in stunting prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: differences between quintiles and deciles

Country	Year	National		Deciles				Quintiles
		National		D1 (poorest 10%)		D10 (wealthiest 10%)		Q1 (poorest 20%)		Q5 (wealthiest 20%)
		Prevalence	P-value^a	Prevalence	P-value^a	Prevalence	P-value^a	Prevalence	P-value^a	Prevalence	P-value^a
Belize	2006	22.5		51.0		4.0		38.8		7.8
Belize	2011	19.3		42.6		9.8		32.9		9.0
Belize	2015	14.9		34.5		2.1		26.1		5.4
Annual change		−0.89	< 0.001	−1.87	0.003	−0.30	0.504	−1.36	0.073	−0.74	0.029
Bolivia	1998	32.9		51.8		8.1		49.1		9.0
Bolivia	2003	32.3		48.5		6.7		48.7		8.7
Bolivia	2008	27.1		49.0		6.8		45.9		6.5
Annual change		−0.59	< 0.001	− 0.30	0.254	− 0.12	0.596	− 0.31	0.146	− 0.30	0.090
Colombia	1995	19.5		30.7		10.4		29.5		9.2
Colombia	2000	18.2		29.9		8.9		26.3		8.9
Colombia	2005	15.7		28.2		3.5		25.2		4.7
Colombia	2010	13.2		22.9		7.5		19.4		6.8
Annual change		−0.44	< 0.001	− 0.55	< 0.001	− 0.08	0.676	− 0.68	< 0.001	− 0.20	0.057
Dominican Republic	1996	13.5		32.0		2.4		26.7		2.9
Dominican Republic	2002	11.4		22.3		2.5		19.7		3.8
Dominican Republic	2007	9.8		19.3		5.0		15.8		4.7
Dominican Republic	2013	6.9		14.2		5.3		11.3		3.9
Annual change		−0.39	< 0.001	−0.99	< 0.001	0.20	0.135	−0.88	< 0.001	0.09	0.371
Guatemala	1995	55.6		71.5		12.7		70.5		15.8
Guatemala	1998	54.0		70.0		11.9		71.3		15.0
Guatemala	2008	48.0		66.9		12.0		67.9		14.3
Guatemala	2014	46.7		67.7		13.3		66.3		17.4
Annual change		−0.47	< 0.001	−0.21	0.086	0.052	0.787	−0.23	0.014	0.10	0.369
Haiti	1994	36.8		51.0		10.6		50.1		15.3
Haiti	2000	28.7		40.8		8.7		37.5		10.1
Haiti	2005	29.4		46.6		5.6		41.0		8.0
Haiti	2012	21.9		32.8		5.6		31.0		6.6
Haiti	2016	21.8		33.8		5.6		33.9		9.1
Annual change		−0.66	< 0.001	−0.77	< 0.001	−0.20	0.073	−0.69	< 0.001	−0.23	0.009
Honduras	2005	30.0		52.7		4.9		50.4		6.7
Honduras	2011	22.7		46.5		4.5		42.1		8.0
Annual change		−1.22	< 0.001	−1.04	0.003	−0.08	0.762	−1.38	< 0.001	0.21	0.325
Peru	1996	31.6		55.1		5.4		52.5		8.4
Peru	2000	31.1		55.8		3.5		54.1		5.8
Peru	2009	23.8		47.0		3.5		45.2		4.2
Peru	2010	23.3		46.3		3.1		44.0		5.4
Peru	2011	19.5		47.6		1.4		43.6		2.4
Peru	2012	18.1		42.0		2.5		38.5		3.4
Peru	2013	17.7		42.4		1.1		38.0		2.9
Peru	2014	14.8		41.1		3.0		34.2		4.1
Peru	2015	14.9		37.9		1.8		32.9		2.9
Peru	2016	13.1		36.9		3.4		30.2		3.6
Annual change		−1.00	< 0.001	−0.94	< 0.001	−0.13	0.006	−1.20	< 0.001	−0.23	< 0.001
Suriname	2006	10.7		20.7		4.8		16.9		4.4
Suriname	2010	8.8		17.5		8.0		13.4		5.5
Annual change		−0.47	0.116	−0.81	0.40	0.79	0.40	−0.85	0.163	0.28	0.622

^aVariance-weighted least squares regression was used to estimate the average of absolute annual change in prevalence of stunting for each country

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