Compute Summary Measures of Health Inequality
Absolute concentration index (ACI)
Between-group standard deviation (BGSD)
Between-group variance (BGV)
Coefficient of variation (COV)
Difference (D)
Index of disparity (unweighted) (IDISU)
Index of disparity (weighted) (IDISW)
Mean difference from best-performing subgroup (unweighted) (MDBU)
Mean difference from best-performing subgroup (weighted) (MDBW)
Mean difference from mean (unweighted) (MDMU)
Mean difference from mean (weighted) (MDMW)
Mean difference from a reference point (unweighted) (MDRU)
Mean difference from a reference point (weighted) (MDRW)
Mean log deviation (MLD)
Population attributable fraction (PAF)
Population attributable risk (PAR)
Ratio (R)
Relative concentration index (RCI)
Relative index of inequality (RII)
Slope index of inequality (SII)
Theil index (TI)
Compute 21 summary measures of health inequality and its corresponding confidence intervals for ordered and non-ordered dimensions using disaggregated data. Measures for ordered dimensions (e.g., Slope Index of Inequality, Absolute Concentration Index) also accept individual and survey data.
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