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Table 3. Health service coverage gap for measles immunization, DPT3 immunization, treatment of acute respiratory infection in children under 5 years of age and family planning services, national average versus within-country inequality in 28 sub-Saharan African countries, 2000–2008.

Country	Measles immunization				DPT3 immunization				Treatment of acute respiratory infection in children under 5 years of age				Family planning services
	Coverage gap (%)		PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	Coverage gap (%)		PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	Coverage gap (%)		PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	Coverage gap (%)		PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b
	National	In richest quintile	PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	National	In richest quintile	PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	National	In richest quintile	PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b	National	In richest quintile	PAR^a (percentage points)	PAR%^b
Benin	38	23	15	40	33	13	20	60	64	52	13	20	64	44	20	31
Burkina Faso	43	29	15	34	43	28	15	35	64	27	37	58	68	41	27	40
Cameroon	34	16	18	53	34	21	13	38	59	48	12	20	44	26	18	40
Chad	77	61	16	21	80	58	22	27	80	61	19	24	88	70	18	20
Congo	33	15	18	55	31	9	22	70	53	43	10	19	27	20	7	27
Democratic Republic of the Congo	36	14	22	62	54	26	28	51	58	46	12	21	54	38	16	30
Ethiopia	63	46	17	27	68	51	16	24	81	67	14	18	69	39	30	44
Gabon	44	27	18	40	64	50	14	22	39	32	7	17	46	35	11	25
Ghana	10	5	5	46	11	7	4	40	51	24	27	54	60	44	17	28
Guinea	48	39	9	19	48	37	12	24	57	39	18	31	70	57	13	18
Kenya	27	12	15	56	27	27	1	3	51	36	15	29	37	24	13	35
Lesotho	15	15	0	0	17	10	7	41	40	27	13	33	45	26	19	42
Liberia	36	13	24	65	49	26	23	47	40	12	28	69	76	61	15	20
Madagascar	41	16	25	61	38	9	29	76	52	34	18	35	47	25	22	47
Malawi	21	12	9	43	18	10	8	45	63	54	9	14	45	34	11	24
Mali	30	20	10	33	31	21	10	32	62	40	22	36	79	64	15	19
Mozambique	23	4	20	84	28	3	25	88	45	38	7	16	42	31	11	26
Namibia	15	5	11	70	16	6	10	64	33	17	16	50	27	13	14	51
Niger	52	26	26	51	60	37	23	38	53	34	19	36	58	50	9	15
Nigeria	58	25	33	58	64	24	40	63	50	31	19	38	58	34	24	41
Rwanda	14	12	2	16	12	12	0	0	72	56	16	22	69	52	17	25
Senegal	26	19	7	28	21	16	6	28	53	39	14	26	73	54	19	26
Sierra Leone	39	32	8	20	39	27	11	29	49	45	4	8	77	57	20	26
Swaziland	8	7	1	14	8	11	0	0	43	41	2	4	32	22	10	33
United Republic of Tanzania	20	9	11	54	64	62	2	3	40	33	7	19	44	25	19	44
Uganda	32	27	5	16	83	81	3	3	26	19	8	29	63	36	28	44
Zambia	15	6	10	63	79	69	10	13	35	39	0	0	39	26	13	34
Zimbabwe	34	26	8	24	38	31	7	18	74	52	22	30	17	10	8	45
Median	33	16	13	42	38	25	11	33	52	39	14	25	56	35	16	30
95% CI of the median	24–39	12–25	9–18	27–55	29–52	12–30	7–19	24–44	46–59	33–45	10–18	19–33	44–67	26–44	13–19	26–40

CI, confidence interval; DPT3, three doses of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus; PAR, population attributable risk.

^a Absolute inequality.

^b Relative inequality, calculated by dividing population attributable risk by the national health service coverage gap.

Note: Figures may be affected by rounding.