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Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study

Keywords: Health inequality Inequality indices Monitoring Relative index of inequality Abstract: BACKGROUND: The slope (SII) and relative (RII) indices of inequality are commonly recommended to monitor health ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

using a regression-based decomposition of a Gini-type index. Results The Gini index – measuring the variability in U5M related to the four socioeconomic factors – varied from 0.006 (95% CI: 0.001–0.010) ...

Using multiple measures to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening

indices measuring the total inequality impact at population level: the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF), the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). Results: All ...

Using multiple measures of inequalities to study the time trends in social inequalities in smoking.

in daily smoking for those aged between 15 and 74 years. We estimated two measures of relative inequalities: the OR and the relative index of inequality; and two measures of absolute inequalities: the ...

Using multiple inequality indices to assess changes in social inequalities for breast cancer screening in Belgium

measure measures measuring method methods Multiple national national screening objectives PAF period POPULATION prevalence programme Ratio relative Relative index of inequality result results RII SCREENING ...

Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?

dichotomized as low (0-2) vs. high (3-4). For the assessment of socio-economic inequalities in multiple risk behaviour, summary measures as Odds Ratio (OR) and Relative Index of Inequality (RII) were calculated ...

Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?

estimated with the relative index of inequality. RESULTS: Despite a substantial increase in the use of mammography from 59% in 2001 to 71% in 2004, a variation in the coverage according to educational level ...

Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in 16 European populations.

Educational inequalities in lung cancer and total mortality were assessed by direct standardization and calculation of two indices of inequality: the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) and the Slope Index of ...

Trends in social inequalities in obesity: Belgium, 1997 to 2004.

between the years 1997 and 2004. For instance, the relative index of inequality increased from 1.92 (95% CI: 1.16-3.18) to 3.71 (95% CI: 2.49-5.54). Social inequalities in female obesity indicate ...

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