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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: Cad Saude Publica. 2015 Nov;31(0 1):107–119. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00081214

Table 2.

Bivariate correlation coefficients for the ward-level Urban Health Index (UHI) values 2010 and its eight component indicators with selected determinants aggregated by ward.

Diabetes Ischaemic heart disease Breast and cervix cancer Tuber-culosis HIV Traffic accident Homicide Infant mortality UHI
Spearman
 Distance from Lagoa -0.46 * -0.26 * -0.078 -0.01 -0.10 -0.12 -0.40 * -0.40 * -0.30 *
 Apartment price per square meter ** 0.57 * 0.36 * 0.19 *** 0.37 * 0.27 * 0.25 * 0.58 * 0.53 * 0.54 *
 Population growth # -0.26 * -0.045 0.13 0.04 0.01 -0.04 -0.14 -0.18 *** -0.09
Pearson
 Mothers aged < 20 years ## -0.56 * -0.25 * -0.15 -0.42 * -0.32 * -0.24 * -0.56 * -0.63 * -0.61 *
 Birth before week 37 ## -0.01 -0.13 -0.13 -0.16 -0.11 -0.05 -0.11 -0.04 -0.17
 Mothers with 4-7 years of education ## -0.50 * -0.27 * -0.15 -0.49 * -0.34 * -0.29 * -0.47 * -0.58 * -0.62 *
 Mothers with > 12 years of education ## 0.65 * 0.36 * 0.20 *** 0.43 * 0.35 * 0.30 * 0.55 * 0.62 * 0.66 *
 Mothers with < 3 pre-natal consultations ## -0.48 * -0.24 * -0.13 -0.36 * -0.27 * -0.14 -0.43 * -0.51 * -0.51 *
 Mothers with > 7 pre-natal consultations ## 0.58 * 0.27 * 0.16 0.40 * 0.31 * 0.21 *** 0.49 * 0.59 * 0.59 *
 Illiteracy # -0.43 * -0.06 -0.02 -0.36 * -0.22 * -0.13 -0.29 * -0.48 * -0.41 *
 Persons with income < double mininum wage # -0.61 * -0.29 * -0.17 *** -0.43 * -0.35 * -0.25 * -0.49 * -0.58 * -0.62 *
 Persons with income 5-10 times mininum wage # 0.63 * 0.29 * 0.18 *** 0.40 * 0.31 * 0.22 *** 0.54 * 0.60 * 0.61 *
 Black # -0.51 * -0.21 *** -0.17 *** -0.39 * -0.24 * -0.15 -0.46 * -0.66 * -0.55 *
 White # 0.62 * 0.27 * 0.14 0.36 * 0.28 * 0.18 *** 0.53 * 0.66 * 0.60 *
 Mulatto # -0.62 * -0.28 * -0.11 -0.31 * -0.27 * -0.18 *** -0.52 * -0.60 * -0.57 *
 People aged > 60 years # 0.52 * 0.018 *** 0.03 0.23 * 0.17 *** 0.15 0.37 * 0.50 * 0.42 *
 People aged < 20 years # -0.57 * -0.20 *** -0.08 -0.31 * -0.21 *** -0.17 -0.44 * -0.58 * -0.50 *
*

Statistically significant at p < 0.01 level (double-sided);

**

Square meter price for apartment: source ZIS;

***

Statistically significant at p < 0.05 level (double-sided);

#

IBGE census data, 2010;

##

SINASC data, 2010.