Table 2.

Slope and relative index of inequality for catastrophic health expenditure by residence and governorate in Iraq, 2007 and 2012

Country / Residence / Governorate	2007		2012
	SII (95% CI)	RII (95% CI)	SII (95% CI)	RII (95% CI)
National	2.3 (1.3–3.2)	1.7 (1.3–2.1)	11.5 (10.0–12.9)	2.4 (2.1–2.6)
Place of residence
Urban	3.1 (1.9–4.2)	2.2 (1.6–2.8)	13.7 (11.8–15.6)	2.8 (2.4–3.2)
Rural	2.2 (0.4–3.9)	1.6 (1.0–2.2)	9.1 (6.8–11.4)	2.0 (1.6–2.3)
Governorate
Anbar	1.9 (-1.4–5.1)	2.1 (-0.5–4.8)	11.6 (5.8–17.4)	2.4 (1.3–3.5)
Babil	2.3 (-1.5–6.0)	1.9 (-0.1–4.0)	4.4 (-3.6–12.3)	1.3 (0.6–2.0)
Baghdad	6.5 (2.7–10.3)	4.8 (0.8–8.8)	17.0 (12.2–21.9)	4.9 (2.7–7.0)
Basrah	3.7 (-0.9–8.3)	1.9 (0.4–3.3)	6.2 (0.5–12.0)	1.6 (0.9–2.3)
Diala	1.7 (-1.1–4.5)	2.2 (-0.4–4.8)	16.6 (10.1–23.1)	3.2 (1.8–4.7)
Duhok	-2.6 (-7.5–2.4)	0.6 (0.0–1.2)	6.5 (-1.0–14.0)	1.4 (0.9–1.9)
Erbil	1.2 (-3.3–5.8)	1.3 (0.1–2.5)	16.8 (10.6–23.1)	2.3 (1.6–3.0)
Karbala	0.4 (-2.3–3.1)	1.2 (-0.1–2.4)	15.7 (6.5–24.8)	5.5 (0.2–10.7)
Kirkuk	5.2 (1.1–9.3)	4.4 (-0.1–8.8)	6.3 (-2.7–15.2)	1.4 (0.7–2.1)
Missan	1.3 (-3.1–5.7)	1.4 (0.0–2.7)	21.2 (14.8–27.6)	8.0 (3.2–12.3)
Muthana	1.7 (-2.3–5.7)	1.6 (-0.1–3.2)	4.9 (-2.2–12.0)	1.6 (0.5–2.7)
Nainawa	2.0 (-2.2–6.1)	1.5 (0.2–2.8)	6.9 (2.3–11.4)	2.1 (1.1–3.1)
Najaf	0.1 (-4.7–4.9)	1.0 (0.1–1.9)	7.7 (-0.6–16.0)	2.0 (0.6–3.3)
Qadissiyah	3.3 (-2.9–9.5)	1.5 (0.4–2.5)	6.4 (-1.6–14.3)	1.7 (0.6–2.7)
Salahaddin	0.4 (-1.9–2.7)	1.2 (0.0–2.4)	13.3 (7.9–18.7)	3.2 (1.7–4.7)
Sulaimaniya	1.0 (-3.3–5.2)	1.3 (-0.1–2.6)	-0.2 (-4.3–3.8)	1.0 (0.7–1.3)
Thiqar	1.6 (-2.6–5.8)	1.4 (0.1–2.8)	11.5 (5.0–18.0)	3.2 (1.2–5.2)
Wasit	4.7 (0.9–8.6)	4.2 (-0.2–8.5)	8.1 (1.1–15.1)	1.7 (0.9–2.4)

SII Slope index of inequality, RII Relative index of inequality, CI Confidence interval