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Inequalities in Health Status

Inequalities in Health Status. Latest Surveys 1990-2002 Average ratio of the rate in poorest quintile to rate in richest quintile. 56 countries. 45 countries. 50 countries. Note: Averages are not weighted for population size.

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Inequalities in Health Status

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  1. Inequalities in Health Status Latest Surveys 1990-2002 Average ratio of the rate in poorest quintile to rate in richest quintile 56 countries 45 countries 50 countries Note: Averages are not weighted for population size. * BMI<18.5, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. ** Low height for age in relation to an international reference population of well-nourished children. Source: D.R. Gwatkin, S. Rutstein, K. Johnson, E.A. Suliman, and A. Wagstaff, Initial Country-Level Information about Socioeconomic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population, Volumes I and II (Washington, DC: The World Bank, November 2003).

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