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. 2015 May 5;25(5):359–369. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140121

Table 3-2. Means and standard deviations of dependent and independent variables from 2002 and 2010.

    2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
DPT vaccination coverage mean 92.77 92.67 95.42 96.61 96.44
(SD) (12.5) (11.54) (9.32) (9.26) (8.85)
Pediatrician densitya mean 4.83 5.10 5.17 5.43 5.54
(SD) (6.64) (6.90) (7.12) (7.76) (7.53)
Other physician densityb mean 12.97 13.20 13.39 13.62 13.87
(SD) (14.39) (14.57) (14.9) (15.12) (15.71)
Total population
(thousand)
mean 72.76 72.97 73.10 73.11 73.11
(SD) (174.69) (176.46) (178.07) (179.55) (180.93)
Per capita income
(thousand US$)c
mean 11.39 10.73 11.19 11.29 10.41
(SD) (3.75) (3.13) (3.51) (3.81) (3.29)

SD, standard deviation.

aThe number of pediatricians per 10 000 population under the age of 15.

bThe number of physicians other than pediatricians per 10 000 population.

cJapanese yen was converted into US$ using the rate that applied in April 2014 of approximately 105 Japanese yen per US$.