Table 3.
1992 | 2000 | 2004 | ||||
Indicator | Population average | Quintile ratio (poor/rich) | Population average | Quintile ratio (poor/rich) | Population average2 | Quintile ratio (poor/rich)1 |
Immunization coverage (%) | 81.8 | 0.82 | 70.1 | 0.80 | 64.4 | 0.67 |
ARI*: % medically seen if ill | 53.7 | 0.76 | 26.7 | 0.39 | 19.6 | 0.67 |
ARI: treatment in public facility | 36.5 | 0.73 | 18 | 0.58 | N.A. | N.A |
Diarrhoea: ORT** use | 73.3 | 0.75 | 62.1 | 0.85 | 61.1 | 0.84 |
Diarrhoea: % seen if medically ill | 49 | 0.76 | 28.3 | 0.79 | 36.4 | 0.85 |
Diarrhoea: % seen in public facility if ill | 34.7 | 0.87 | 20.7 | 1.08 | N.A. | N.A. |
Antenatal visits to a medically trained person (doctor, nurse or nurse-midwife) | 90.1 | 0.87 | 92.5 | 0.91 | 92.1 | 0.91 |
Delivery attendance by a medically trained person | 54.9 | 0.57 | 55.6 | 0.52 | 56.1 | 0.55 |
Delivery: % of births at a public facility | 41.2 | 0.58 | 40.2 | 0.56 | 41.9 | 0.61 |
Delivery: % of births at home | 42.7 | 2.6 | 43.6 | 3.39 | 29.4 | 4.0 |
*Acute respiratory infection; ** Oral rehydration therapy; N.A. – Data not available
Source: [14, 29-30]; 1 own calculation