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. 2011 Sep 22;10:39. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-39

Table 3.

Inequality indicators of the distribution of RHHs, Deaths and Births in rural area of Iran

Variable	Total sample

	2006			2009

	Gini coefficient	Index of Dissimilarity	Decile ratio	Gini coefficient	Index of Dissimilarity	Decile ratio
RHH^a	0.125	9% (1505)	2.38	0.133	10% (1670)	2.58
Death	0.260	18% (27335)	6.70	0.206	14% (18887)	3.70
Birth	0.158	11% (43732)	2.58	0.141	10% (40338)	2.61

	Outliers excluding sample ^b

RHH^a	0.126	9% (1435)	2.59	0.135	10% (1602)	2.58
Death	0.185	12% (15189)	4.75	0.177	12% (14815)	3.19
Birth	0.162	11% (42991)	2.96	0.143	10% (38860)	2.70

a Rural health house

b Three provinces (Hormozgan, Semnan and South Khorasan) were excluded as outliers.