Proportions of households with CHE at different thresholds of household income
| Income tertile | CHE threshold level | |||||
| 10% | 25% | 40% | ||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Tertile 1 (poorest) | 97.2 | 92.2 to 99.4 | 53.2 | 43.4 to 62.8 | 18.3 | 11.6 to 26.9 |
| Tertile 2 | 97.2 | 90.3 to 99.7 | 25.0 | 15.5 to 36.6 | 2.8 | 0.3 to 9.7 |
| Tertile 3 (least poor) | 81.8 | 69.1 to 90.9 | 3.6 | 0.4 to 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| Overall | 93.6 | 89.7 to 96.1 | 33.1 | 27.1 to 39.4 | 9.3 | 5.9 to 13.7 |
CHE, catastrophic health expenditure.