Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (2010)
| All municipalities | Population < 10,000 | Population ≥ 10,000 | Cohen's d | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1601) | (n = 470) | (n = 1131) | |||||
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | ||
| EBSMRs in males | |||||||
| All causes of death | 101.0 | (8.7) | 101.9 | (9.0) | 100.6 | (8.5) | 0.15 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 98.7 | (8.8) | 99.0 | (10.0) | 98.5 | (8.2) | 0.06 |
| Heart disease | 102.1 | (16.9) | 102.7 | (18.6) | 101.8 | (16.1) | 0.05 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 103.4 | (21.0) | 103.8 | (23.0) | 103.3 | (20.1) | 0.03 |
| EBSMRs in females | |||||||
| All causes of death | 99.6 | (9.2) | 98.6 | (10.7) | 100.0 | (8.4) | -0.15 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 95.6 | (9.3) | 93.8 | (11.4) | 96.4 | (8.1) | -0.28 |
| Heart disease | 101.2 | (17.0) | 99.6 | (19.5) | 101.9 | (15.9) | -0.14 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 102.9 | (22.3) | 100.8 | (24.8) | 103.8 | (21.1) | -0.14 |
| CDRs in males | |||||||
| All causes of deatha | 3216.4 | (960.6) | 3975.5 | (967.1) | 2901.0 | (761.0) | 1.30 |
| Malignant neoplasmsa | 1014.3 | (296.3) | 1223.7 | (361.7) | 927.3 | (210.2) | 1.12 |
| Heart diseasea | 460.8 | (184.2) | 563.3 | (237.0) | 418.1 | (136.1) | 0.84 |
| Cerebrovascular diseasea | 317.7 | (151.6) | 391.8 | (211.0) | 286.9 | (104.1) | 0.73 |
| CDRs in females | |||||||
| All causes of deatha | 2983.1 | (1017.4) | 3675.1 | (1103.4) | 2695.5 | (823.7) | 1.07 |
| Malignant neoplasmsa | 665.7 | (207.1) | 770.1 | (268.3) | 622.3 | (156.3) | 0.75 |
| Heart diseasea | 551.3 | (245.8) | 680.2 | (318.1) | 497.7 | (183.7) | 0.79 |
| Cerebrovascular diseasea | 354.9 | (172.6) | 428.7 | (227.6) | 324.2 | (132.1) | 0.63 |
| The number of healthcare resources | |||||||
| PHNsa | 43.2 | (41.8) | 84.8 | (55.2) | 25.9 | (13.5) | 1.84 |
| Full-time PHNsa | 41.9 | (41.4) | 82.7 | (55.2) | 24.9 | (13.4) | 1.81 |
| Part-time PHNsa | 1.3 | (4.0) | 2.1 | (6.8) | 1.0 | (1.8) | 0.28 |
| Physiciansa | 144.2 | (141.2) | 86.0 | (66.7) | 168.4 | (156.2) | -0.61 |
| Medical clinicsa | 73.0 | (49.1) | 87.4 | (83.4) | 67.0 | (20.1) | 0.42 |
| General hospitals in a secondary healthcare areaa | 7.2 | (3.5) | 8.2 | (3.7) | 6.8 | (3.3) | 0.41 |
| Welfare facilities for the elderly requiring long-term carea | 9.5 | (10.5) | 16.6 | (16.3) | 6.5 | (4.1) | 1.06 |
| Population | 44,299.2 | (57,711.8) | 5093.0 | (2627.7) | 60,591.8 | (61,709.6) | -1.07 |
CDR, crude death rate; EBSMR, empirical Bayes estimate of standardized mortality ratio; PHN, public health nurse
a Per 100,000 population