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. 2023 Sep 11;13:15007. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42124-y

Table 3.

Correlation between continuous variables for year 2017.

2017
All-cause mortality CVD mortality UI mortality PCP density AC bed density LTC bed density ICU bed density Education Population density Sex ratio Proportion of population aged 65 + 
All-cause mortality 1 0.46*** 0.67*** − 0.24*** − 0.40*** − 0.20*** − 0.41*** − 0.68*** − 0.67*** 0.59*** 0.20***
CVD mortality 1 0.31*** − 0.16** − 0.29*** − 0.15** − 0.26*** − 0.42*** − 0.44*** 0.35*** 0.10
UI mortality 1 − 0.29*** − 0.35*** − 0.18*** − 0.39*** − 0.59*** − 0.66*** 0.56*** 0.21***
PCP density 1 0.38*** 0.22*** 0.44*** 0.28*** 0.41*** − 0.52*** − 0.33***
AC bed density 1 0.44*** 0.85*** 0.41*** 0.55*** − 0.54*** − 0.19***
LTC bed density 1 0.47*** 0.21*** 0.30*** − 0.31*** − 0.14**
ICU bed density 1 0.41*** 0.54*** − 0.58*** − 0.22***
Education 1 0.69*** − 0.57*** − 0.13*
Population density 1 − 0.80*** − 0.37***
Sex ratio 1 0.52***
Proportion of population aged 65 +  1

CVD cardiovascular disease; UI unintentional injury; PC primary care physician; AC acute care; LTC long-term care; ICU intensive-care unit.

Notes: Age standardized mortality rate per 100,000 people; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001.