Table 2 Risk of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE, conditional on having disease or condition) in all study countries at two thresholds (10 and 25%) by disease and wealth quintile. Q1 indicates the first quintile (the poorest); Q5 indicates the fifth quintile (the richest)

Childhood health

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

6.4 (2.5)

3.5 (0.4)

2.1 (0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

0.3 (0.0)

2.7 (0.6)

 Diarrheal diseases

0.4 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

 HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases

6.2 (2.2)

3.1 (0.3)

1.4 (0.0)

1.0 (0.0)

0.3 (0.0)

2.4 (0.5)

 Malaria

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 Tuberculosis

26.0 (11.2)

16.0 (2.0)

11.0 (0.0)

5.2 (0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

11.9 (2.6)

 Other infectious and parasitic diseases

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

10.9 (7.0)

9.5 (3.8)

7.6 (1.5)

6.2 (0.4)

3.7 (0.1)

7.6 (2.6)

 Cardiovascular diseases

9.5 (7.3)

9.6 (4.4)

8.1 (2.8)

7.1 (1.3)

4.9 (0.4)

7.8 (3.2)

 Endocrine and metabolic disorders

5.1 (1.9)

3.1 (0.1)

1.3 (0.0)

0.6 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

2.0 (0.4)

 Mental/behavioral disorders and neurological conditions

14.7 (9.1)

12.2 (5.0)

9.9 (1.3)

8.0 (0.1)

4.4 (0.0)

9.8 (3.1)

 Other NCDs

2.2 (1.1)

1.6 (0.0)

1.1 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.0 (0.2)

Reproductive health

3.8 (1.3)

2.7 (0.0)

0.9 (0.0)

0.2 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.5 (0.3)

 Family planning

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

 Maternal conditions

6.1 (2.1)

4.5 (0.0)

1.4 (0.0)

0.4 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

2.5 (0.4)

 Perinatal conditions

0.2 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

Average

6.8 (3.6)

5.2 (1.4)

3.5 (0.5)

2.5 (0.1)

1.3 (0.0)

3.9 (1.1)