Inequality of health stock and the relation to national wealth

Table 1 Gini coefficient of health stock in 1990 and 2015, and change over time by regions

Regions	Number of countries	1990	2015	Change 1990–2015	Average 1990–2015
Global	140	0.853	0.846	−0.007	0.846
High-Income Countries (HICs)	42	0.781	0.769	−0.012	0.776
Upper Middle Income Countries (UMICs)	35	0.871	0.863	−0.008	0.866
Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs)	37	0.871	0.866	−0.005	0.841
Low Income Countries (LICs)	26	0.692	0.660	−0.032	0.675
Africa	37	0.859	0.834	−0.025	0.846
Asian	37	0.782	0.762	−0.020	0.772
Europe	35	0.848	0.851	0.003	0.849
Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)	25	0.565	0.593	0.028	0.567
North America	2	0.054	0.031	−0.023	0.043
Oceania	4	0.739	0.766	0.027	0.749

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