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tags:
- finance
- medical
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# Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line (60% of median daily per capita consumption or income) (%)

## Dataset Description
This dataset provides information on **'Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line'** for countries in the WHO African Region. The data is disaggregated by the **'Place of residence'** dimension, allowing for analysis of health inequalities across different population subgroups.

**Units:** 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income

## Dimensions and Subgroups
- **Dimension:** `Place of residence`
- **Available Subgroups:** `Rural, Urban`

## Data Structure
The dataset is in a wide format.
- **Index:** `Year` (formatted as YYYY-01-01)
- **Columns:** Each column represents a specific country and subgroup, formatted as `country-name_subgroup-name`. For example, `algeria_female`.
- **Values:** The cell values represent the estimated measurement for that indicator, country, subgroup, and year.

This dataset is part of a larger collection of health inequality indicators processed from the WHO Health Inequality Data Repository.