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. 2013 Dec 20;2(2):e31. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.2585

Table 2.

Commuting location and the decreased self-perceived health.


JMA-SI (level) a Radi (µSv/h) Quake (times) Decreased (n) Not decreased (n) Decreased (%) P value
Miyagi 7 0.111b 2841 28 93 23.1 .002d
Fukushima 6 2.5c 4211 26 44 37 <.001e
Tochigi 6 0.154 1552 11 43 20 .09
Iwate 6 0.027 2304 9 40 18 .19
Ibaraki 6 0.176 3422 16 78 17 .20
Aomori 5 0.02 818 8 36 18 .25
Tokyo 5 0.048 691 232 1643 12.37 Reference
Chiba 5 0.033 1526 22 176 10.9 .73
Akita 5 0.034 644 3 26 10 1.00
Saitama 5 0.057 946 21 187 10.1 .37
Nagano 5 0.069 868 8 73 10 .60
Kanagawa 5 0.049 435 40 387 9.4 .09
Yamagata 5 0.04 862 3 33 8 .61
Gunma 5 0.08 939 6 75 7 .22
Niigata 5 0.047 817 6 82 7 .13
Yamanashi 5 0.044 262 2 30 7 .42
Gifu 4 0.062 212 9 106 7.8 .18
Hokkaido 4 0.027 395 17 229 6.9 .01f
Shizuoka 4 0.037 371 11 172 6.0 .008d
Aichi 4 0.041 79 19 533 3.4 <.001e
Toyama 3 0.047 77 8 50 14 .69
Shiga 3 0.034 57 7 56 11 1.00
Nara 3 0.048 42 5 61 8 .34
Fukui 3 0.045 54 3 47 6 .27
Hyogo 3 0.037 47 18 290 5.8 <.001e
Kyoto 3 0.039 43 12 208 5.5 .002d
Mie 3 0.046 38 5 87 5 .048f
Osaka 3 0.043 43 31 693 4.3 <.001e
Ishikawa 3 0.046 88 2 52 4 .056
Shimane 2 0.036 38 3 31 9 .79
Wakayama 2 0.032 92 4 45 8 .51
Okayama 2 0.049 31 5 109 4.4 .007d
Totori 2 0.063 21 0 28 0 .04f
Tokushima 2 0.039 29 0 41 0 .007d
Kochi 1 0.026 33 4 26 13 .78
Kagawa 1 0.053 21 3 40 7 .36
Nagasaki 1 0.029 21 3 40 7 .36
Fukuoka 1 0.037 25 14 224 5.8 .002d
Oita 1 0.05 39 2 39 5 .22
Hiroshima 1 0.05 52 7 147 4.5 .002d
Kumamoto 1 0.027 75 2 49 4 .08
Kagoshima 1 0.035 130 1 41 2 .053
Ehime 1 0.047 28 1 60 2 .007d
Saga 1 0.04 12 0 19 0 .16
Okinawa 0 0.021 56 5 29 15 .60
Miyazaki 0 0.027 44 3 24 11 1.00
Yamaguchi 0 0.094 21 4 61 6 .17

aJMA-SI, Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity; Radi, radiation dose on March 20, 2011 (µSv/h); Quakes, total number of aftershocks from March 11, 2011 to January 31, 2012.

bObtained initially at 19:00 on March 29, 2011.

cObtained initially at 13:00 on April 6, 2011.

dMean < .01.

eMean <.001.

fMean < .05.