Table 1.

Mean values of absolute inequalities, with 95% confidence interval, of three child health outcomes and 10 child health interventions, most recent survey data for 88 countries.

					Difference in Q5 – Q1
	No. of countries	Overall value	Q1	Q5	Mean	IQR	Bottom decile (10%)	Top decile (10%)
Child health outcomes
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births	52	50.4 [44.8, 56.0]	58.9 [52.6, 65.3]	36.3 [31.3, 41.4]	−22.6 [−26.8, −18.3]	19.2	−45.2	−2.0
Under-five mortality per 1,000 live births	52	76.0 [65.6, 86.4]	91.8 [79.8, 103.8]	49.5 [41.5, 57.5]	−42.3 [−49.5, −35.1]	31.0	−77.3	−16.4
Stunting prevalence (%)	80	28.0% [25.1, 30.8]	35.4% [32.1, 38.7]	17.2% [14.8, 19.5]	−18.2% [−20.5, −15.9]	13.8%	−34.5%	−4.8%
Child health interventions
Access to improved sanitation (%)	83	59.5% [53.0, 65.9]	38.2% [30.3, 46.2]	87.8% [83.6, 91.9]	49.5% [42.7, 56.2]	62.6%	5.3%	89.1%
Access to improved water (%)	83	75.5% [71.9, 79.1]	58.9% [53.5, 64.3]	93.0% [91.3, 94.7]	34.1% [29.5, 38.6]	35.6%	5.6%	62.5%
Skilled birth attendant (%)	88	74.0% [69.2, 78.8]	58.8% [52.3, 65.4]	92.9% [91.0, 94.9]	34.1% [28.8, 39.4]	44.7%	0.5%	68.6%
Four or more antenatal care visits (%)	64	61.1% [55.7, 66.5]	49.7% [43.2, 56.1]	77.7% [73.5, 81.8]	27.9% [23.3, 32.6]	28.1%	3.2%	53.6%
Full immunization (%)	84	62.4% [57.8, 67.0]	55.5% [50.0, 60.9]	68.5% [64.2, 72.8]	13.0% [9.3, 16.7]	25.0%	−8.0%	33.8%
ORT for diarrhea (%)	85	40.4% [36.5, 44.4]	37.0% [32.9, 41.1]	44.6% [40.8, 48.3]	8.0% [5.2, 10.8]	16.7%	−5.5%	24.6%
Care seeking for suspected pneumonia (%)	87	59.5% [54.6, 64.3]	52.4% [47.2, 57.6]	70.3% [66.1, 74.6]	18.8% [15.4, 22.2]	22.4%	3.0%	36.5%
Vitamin A supplement (%)	64	53.8% [48.5, 59.1]	49.6% [44.2, 55.0]	58.0% [52.6, 63.5]	8.4% [5.1, 11.7]	17.7%	−8.5%	23.5%
ITN for children (%)	38	38.4% [32.3, 44.6]	36.1% [29.9, 42.2]	37.0% [30.2, 43.9]	1.0% [−3.9, 5.9]	17.1%	−16.9%	22.1%

The method used for the calculations in this table is presented in the ‘Appendix Method’ section.