Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: an econometric analysis from 1995 to 2010

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of countries, at different levels Global Fund per capita disbursements

	All Eligible counties	Highest tertile	Middle tertile	Lowest tertile	% imputed data
Number of countries	152	51	51	50	--
Average real GDP per capita in 2002–2010 (in constant 2005 international dollar)	6426	3720	5174	10,406	0 %
Average public health expenditure per capita (net of GF) in 2002–2010 (in constant 2005 US dollars)	216	118	145	349	0.23 %
Average percentage of population living in urban area in 2002-2010	48	37	49	58	0 %
Total Global Fund disbursements per capita (in constant 2005 US dollars)	1.08	2.68	0.71	0.10	0 %
2002-2006	0.57	1.40	0.38	0.05
2007-2010	1.73	4.30	1.12	0.16
All-cause adult mortality rate²
1995	246	316	254	171	0 %
2002	247	331	259	156	0 %
2007	241	326	253	150	0 %
2008	238	323	250	147	0 %
2009	236	321	248	144	0 %
2010	235	318	245	144	0 %
All-cause under-five mortality rate³
1995	77	104	86	41	0 %
2002	62	86	70	33	0 %
2007	54	74	61	27	0 %
2008	52	73	60	26	0 %
2009	51	72	58	25	0 %
2010	50	71	57	25	0 %

Notes:
¹Funding groupings used Global Fund disbursements for all sectors (HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and Health Systems Strengthening)
²Adult mortality is expressed as the probability that a 15-year-old person would die by age 59 per 1000 adults (45q15)
³Child mortality is expressed as the number of deaths before age 5 per 1000 live births (5q0)

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