Table 2.

Trends in the Concentration Index of Child Undernutrition

BDHS	Rate (percent)/Mean	Concentration Index (C)	Standard Error (of C)	95% Confidence Interval		Normalized Conc. Index
				Lower	Upper
Stunting
1996/97	60.0	−0.077	0.007	−0.091	−0.063	−0.193
1999/00	51.2	−0.113	0.008	−0.128	−0.098	−0.232
2004	50.5	−0.114	0.007	−0.128	−0.099	−0.230
2007	43.0	−0.131	0.009	−0.148	−0.113	−0.229
2011	41.2	−0.133	0.008	−0.148	−0.118	−0.226
2014	36.1	−0.162	0.009	−0.180	−0.145	−0.254
Severe Stunting
1996/97	33.6	−0.118	0.011	−0.140	−0.096	−0.178
1999/00	23.5	−0.194	0.013	−0.220	−0.168	−0.254
2004	21.9	−0.200	0.013	−0.226	−0.174	−0.256
2007	15.9	−0.207	0.017	−0.240	−0.173	−0.246
2011	15.2	−0.229	0.015	−0.258	−0.200	−0.270
2014	11.6	−0.224	0.018	−0.259	−0.188	−0.253
(Negative) Height-for-age z score
1996/97	2.33	−0.070	0.006	−0.081	−0.059	-
1999/00	2.03	−0.090	0.005	−0.101	−0.080	-
2004	1.98	−0.091	0.005	−0.101	−0.081	-
2007	1.75	−0.093	0.006	−0.105	−0.081	-
2011	1.67	−0.119	0.006	−0.131	−0.108	-
2014	1.54	−0.114	0.006	−0.126	−0.102	-

Note: Estimates are based on BDHS data. Normalization of C involves dividing the concentration index by (1-rate)