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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

green circle with white tick inside it meets target; red circle with white cross inside it does not meet target.

Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

green square outline with upward trending arrow inside it green square outline with downward trending arrow inside it non-significant change over time; green square with upward trending arrow inside it green square with downward trending arrow inside it significant change over time; blue square with equals sign no change over time.

Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

Income Inequality

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Measurement Period: 2018-2022

This indicator shows the Gini Index of Income Inequality value. The Gini coefficient is commonly used as a measure of income inequality. The range of the coefficient is between 0 and 1, whereby 0 denotes complete equality in a population (every person receives the same income) and 1 denotes complete inequality (one person has all the wealth in the region).

Why is this important?

While it is long established that socioeconomic status and personal income are strongly correlated with an individual's health status, newer studies show that the level of economic inequality in a community is a strong predictor of population level health. Moreover, there is growing evidence that relative wealth influences health outcomes as much or more than the absolute level of wealth an individual possesses. Therefore, the Gini coefficient for a community has implications for both public health and economic interventions.

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