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. 2012 Jul 24;4(5):63–77. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v4n5p63

Table 3.

Logistic regression model comparisons of the 17 leading health care problems in Taiwan by gender, 2002–2008

Leading health care problems (ICD code) p-value description
Infectious and parasitic diseases (ICD 01-07) 0.578 similaritya
Neoplasms (ICD 08-17) 0.691 similaritya
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders (ICD 18-19) 0.179 similaritya
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (ICD 20) 0.605 similaritya
Mental disorders (ICD 21) 0.369 similaritya
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (ICD 22-24) 0.43 similaritya
Diseases of the circulatory system (ICD 25-30) 0.022 dissimilarity
Diseases of the respiratory system (ICD 31-32) 0.007 dissimilaritya
Diseases of the digestive system (ICD 33-34) 0.475 similaritya
Diseases of the genitourinary system (ICD 35-37) 0.435 similaritya
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (ICD 42) 0.299 similaritya
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (ICD 43) 0.251 similarity
Congenital anomalies (ICD 44) 0.03 dissimilaritya
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (ICD 45) 0.001 dissimilaritya
Signs, symptoms and ill-defined conditions (ICD 46) 0.747 similaritya
Injury and poisoning (ICD 47-56, E47-56) 0.152 similarity
Other reasons for contact with health services (V0) 0.878 similarity
a

indicates a comparison of both males and females for which all of Moran’s test results are clusters (results based on Table 2)