Research Article

The Correlation between Gender Inequalities and Their Health Related Factors in World Countries: A Global Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

The mean of gender inequality index, life expectancy at birth, and education (years) by WHO regions.

WHO regionsGender inequalityEducationLife expectancy at birth
Mean 95% CIMean 95% CIMean 95% CI

Africa0.61 0.58, 0.645.01 4.27, 5.7555.63 53.39, 57.88
America0.45 0.41, 0.488.29 7.62, 8.9674.31 72.80, 75.81
Eastern Mediterranean0.56 0.48, 0.636.14 5.09, 7.1970.45 66.88, 74.02
Europe0.23 0.19, 0.2710.60 10.25, 10.9676.79 75.35, 78.22
South East Asia0.52 0.43, 0.615.54 4.34, 6.7571.19 68.11, 74.26
Western Pacific0.33 0.23, 0.428.69 7.20, 10.1873.60 69.84, 77.36
Total0.42 0.39, 0.467.89 7.41, 8.3770.08 68.43, 71.74