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Table 2 The percent of illness episodes for each illness group.

From: Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam

 

Local leaders' classification

Household expenditure quintiles

Total

 

Poor

Medium

Rich

1 (bottom)

2

3

4

5 (top)

 
 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Injuries

3.3

3.3

3.3

4.6

2.7

2.9

3.1

3.4

3.3

Communicable illnesses

65.1

60.9

59.3

62.4

62.7

60.9

62.7

58.4

61.4

Non-communicable illnesses

22.6

26.5

28.6

22.8

25.4

26.8

24.9

30.3

26.2

Other illnesses

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.0

1.7

1.6

1.4

Mix of illnesses

7.5

8.0

7.7

9.1

7.8

8.5

7.5

6.5

7.8

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Number of episodes

1 712

4 707

1 961

1 303

1 749

1 668

1 929

1 731

8 380