Table 3.
Correlations between prescriptions and mortality rates in the period of 2000-2008 in Hungary
| Stroke mortality/Population | Acute myocardial infarction/Population | Total mortality/Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of antidiabetic prescriptions/Population | Correlation Coefficient | -0.945 | -0.874 | -0.037 |
| Significance Level p* | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.926 | |
| n | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Number of antilipidemic prescriptions/Population | Correlation Coefficient | -0.963 | -0.892 | -0.070 |
| Significance Level p* | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.859 | |
| n | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Number of antihypertensive prescriptions/Population | Correlation Coefficient | -0.888 | -0.802 | 0.016 |
| Significance Level p* | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.967 | |
| n | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
*p: Pearson correlation coefficient