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. 2002 Jan 5;324(7328):16. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.16

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of economic variables in Japan

Economic variable Mean (SD) Median (range)
Prefecture level*:
 Median prefecture income (million yen) 3.02 (0.52) 3.13 (1.80-4.04)
 Gini coefficient 0.36 (0.03) 0.36 (0.31-0.45)
Individual level:
 Sample household income, adjusted for household size (million yen) 4.08 (0.33) 3.48 (0.05-83.00)
*

Estimated from original data (n=103 040). 

Based on sample used in analysis (n=80 899).