Table 4.

Spearman correlation coefficients between variables and home deaths rate among 47 prefectures.

Variables	Spearman coefficient	p-value
The number of general hospitals	-0.580*	< 0.001
The number of beds in hospital	-0.562*	< 0.001
Ratio of daily occupied beds in general hospital	-0.457*	0.001
The number of families in which the elderly living alone	-0.421*	0.003
Dwelling rooms (per dwelling)	0.440*	0.002
The number of health service facilities for the elderly	-0.495*	< 0.001

*P < 0.01