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Table 2 Inequality ratios for interventions available in household surveys

From: The impact of eliminating within-country inequality in health coverage on maternal and child mortality: a Lives Saved Tool analysis

Intervention

Average ratio

Water connection in the home

2.332

Improved sanitation

1.787

Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) for malaria

1.746

Health facility delivery

1.475

Skilled birth attendant

1.397

Hygienic disposal of children’s stools

1.356

Clean postnatal practices

1.354

Antenatal care

1.318

Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR)

1.310

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp)

1.291

Oral antibiotics for pneumonia

1.237

Improved water source

1.222

Oral rehydration solution (ORS)

1.165

H. influenzae b vaccine

1.153

DPT vaccine

1.131

Vitamin A supplementation

1.122

Measles vaccine

1.106

Household ownership of insecticide treated bednet (ITN)

0.945

  1. The inequality ratio is calculated by dividing the top wealth quintile coverage rate by the national coverage rate