Table 2 Comparison of the level of inequalities in child mortality and trends over time across ten African cities
From: Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities
| Â | Â | Earlier surveys | More recent surveys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City (years) | Measure of inequality | Value | 95% confidence interval | Value | 95% confidence interval | ||
Cairo (2000, 2008) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 40.48 | 5.72 | 75.25 | 14.12 | −22.04 | 50.28 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 2.98 | 1.10 | 8.10 | 1.44 | 0.56 | 3.72 | |
Concentration index | −0.18 | −0.34 | −0.02 | −0.10 | −0.27 | 0.06 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.03 | −0.05 | 0.00 | −0.02 | −0.04 | 0.01 | |
Lagos (2003, 2008) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 155.90 | 55.01 | 256.79 | 22.94 | −31.51 | 77.40 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.38 | 0.63 | 3.03 | |
Concentration index | −0.28 | −0.45 | −0.11 | −0.04 | −0.15 | 0.07 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.11 | −0.18 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.03 | |
Kinshasa (2007) | Difference (poor minus rich) | - | - | - | 56.79 | 10.35 | 103.24 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | - | - | - | 1.83 | 1.11 | 3.04 | |
Concentration index | - | - | - | −0.11 | −0.20 | −0.03 | |
Erreyger’s index | - | - | - | −0.04 | −0.08 | −0.01 | |
Luanda (2011) | Difference (poor minus rich) | - | - | - | 42.20 | 9.86 | 74.53 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | - | - | - | 1.90 | 1.17 | 3.10 | |
Concentration index | - | - | - | −0.14 | −0.22 | −0.07 | |
Erreyger’s index | - | - | - | −0.04 | −0.06 | −0.02 | |
Abidjan (1998–99, 2011–12) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 62.61 | 2.14 | 123.08 | 107.80 | 54.99 | 160.61 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 1.93 | 1.01 | 3.68 | 4.43 | 1.97 | 9.97 | |
Concentration index | −0.10 | −0.19 | 0.00 | −0.16 | −0.26 | −0.07 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.05 | −0.09 | 0.00 | −0.06 | −0.10 | −0.02 | |
Dar es Salaam (1999, 2010) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 196.47 | 82.63 | 310.31 | −20.05 | −100.49 | 60.38 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 12.30 | 1.64 | 92.23 | 0.69 | 0.16 | 3.03 | |
Concentration index | −0.34 | −0.48 | −0.20 | −0.05 | −0.21 | 0.11 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.16 | −0.23 | −0.09 | −0.02 | −0.09 | 0.05 | |
Nairobi (1998, 2008–09) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 121.81 | 28.28 | 215.33 | 15.66 | −31.49 | 62.82 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 9.89 | 1.27 | 77.07 | 1.45 | 0.47 | 4.48 | |
Concentration index | −0.31 | −0.52 | −0.09 | −0.04 | −0.19 | 0.12 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.09 | −0.15 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.04 | 0.03 | |
Dakar (1997, 2010–11) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 107.92 | 46.50 | 169.33 | 29.83 | −9.64 | 69.30 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 3.04 | 1.56 | 5.93 | 1.97 | 0.80 | 4.88 | |
Concentration index | −0.19 | −0.31 | −0.08 | −0.11 | −0.25 | 0.02 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.07 | −0.11 | −0.03 | −0.02 | −0.05 | 0.00 | |
Addis Ababa (2000, 2011) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 96.39 | 31.58 | 161.20 | 57.97 | 5.46 | 110.49 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 2.35 | 1.29 | 4.28 | 2.87 | 1.05 | 7.83 | |
Concentration index | −0.18 | −0.27 | −0.10 | −0.21 | −0.37 | −0.04 | |
Erreyger’s index | −0.09 | −0.14 | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.08 | −0.01 | |
Accra (1998, 2008) | Difference (poor minus rich) | 8.53 | −62.61 | 79.67 | 27.10 | −29.41 | 83.61 |
Ratio (poor/rich) | 1.17 | 0.32 | 4.25 | 2.72 | 0.29 | 25.51 | |
Concentration index | −0.13 | −0.40 | 0.13 | −0.25 | −0.46 | −0.03 | |
|  | Erreyger’s index | −0.03 | −0.08 | 0.03 | −0.05 | −0.09 | −0.01 |