Methods for measuring health inequalities (Part II)
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The health variable used in the examples is the infant mortality rate (IMR) per 1,000 live births (LB), obtained from PAHO’s basic indicators for 1997.6 The other demographic indicators used come from the same source.6 The socioeconomic variable was gross national product (GNP) per capita, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), obtained from the World Bank7 and also published in PAHO’s basic indicators.6
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