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Table 4 Metrics of inequality in international availability of commercial geospatial data resources, relative to age-standardised cause-specific mortality for 2015 in 183 countries

From: A cross-sectional ecological analysis of international and sub-national health inequalities in commercial geospatial resource availability

Commercial geospatial resource availability/quality measure

Relative concentration index

Slope index of inequality (95% confidence intervals)

Relative to mortality from communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions

Geocoding domain

− 0.121

3.05 (0.82–5.27)

Patient travel domain

− 0.020

0.52 (− 1.77 to 2.80)

Neighbourhood characterisation domain

− 0.335

8.44 (6.53–10.35)

Overall geospatial resource index

− 0.159

4.01 (1.81–6.20)

Relative to mortality from non-communicable diseases

Geocoding domain

− 0.040

1.38 (0.84–1.91)

Patient travel domain

− 0.034

1.18 (0.63–1.73)

Neighbourhood characterisation domain

− 0.056

1.91 (1.41–2.41)

Overall geospatial index

− 0.045

1.54 (1.01–2.06)

Relative to mortality from injuries

Geocoding domain

− 0.092

0.39 (0.22–0.56)

Patient travel domain

− 0.034

0.14 (− 0.03 to 0.32)

Neighbourhood characterisation domain

− 0.170

0.72 (0.58–0.87)

Overall geospatial index

− 0.103

0.44 (0.27–0.60)